Harvest Queen

The Harvest Queen is a mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,251 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Harvest Queen  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 45.0778, -116.79220

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Harvest Queen MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Harvest Queen
Secondary: Macdougall Group
Secondary: Mac Dougall
Secondary: Copper King
Secondary: Golden West


Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Homestead


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: L. C. Binford And Family
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Azurite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE NO MEASURED,INDICATED OR INFERRED RESERVES AT THE GALL PROSPECT. THE MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TONARROW FRACTURE ZONES,SOME H FOLLOW BASALT-SANDSTONE CONTACTS PROPERTY ON BOUNDARY OF BAKER AND WALLOWA COUNTIES.


References

Reference (Deposit): 63.

Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 62-


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