The Dolly Varden is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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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
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Dolly Varden MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolly Varden
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle 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: Producer
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: 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
Type: L
Description: Deposit Is Reportedly In A Zone Of Intersecting Fissures.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED VALUES OF $7 TO $8 PER TON OVER A GREAT WIDTH ( 1915
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): $115,000 PRIOR TO 1900 FROM SURFACE ORE.
Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR SURFACE CUTS AND PITS $115,000 PRIOR TO 1900 FROM SURFACE ORE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LARGE OUTCROP OF QUARTZ-IMPREGNATED VOLCANIC TUFFS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 98 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 47 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGICMAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7 GEOL. MAP
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