The Chloride is a lead, gold, silver, copper, arsenic, and zinc mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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:
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.86083, -118.12278
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Chloride MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chloride
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Rock Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ELEVATION 5,500 TO 6,000 FEET
Comment (Workings): POOR DEVELOPMENT RECORD. INCLUDES 3 ADITS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS. IT IS SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO MILLS ON PROPERTY, BOTH DESTROYED BY LANDSLIDES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN NEAR CONTACT OF ARGILLITE AND GRANODIORITE SMALL ZENOLITHS OF ARGILLITE WITH QUARTZ; OPEN VUGS IN QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 82 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 86 .
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