The Burkemont Mine is a mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,399 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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.9258, -117.56580
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Burkemont Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burkemont Mine
Secondary: Burkemont
Secondary: Copper Union
Secondary: North American Copper Co.
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek District
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gene C. Rose,Trustee
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
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Bornite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Zeolite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 45.
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