Red Mountain Prospect

The Red Mountain Prospect is a copper and gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,201 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: Red Mountain Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 45.04472, -117.22778

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Red Mountain Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Mountain Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cornucopia


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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.
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: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 0.9 TOZ AG/TON, TRACE AG AND CU
Analytical Data: FOUR CHIP SAMPLES


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST FROM THE QUEEN OF THE WEST MILL LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Comment (Workings): 100 FT. INCLINE SHAFT AND 1,100 FT. CROSS CUT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: "ALTHOUGH NOT EXAMINED MUCH EXCEPT AT THE CONTACT WITH THE GRANITE RED MOUNTAIN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ONCE A SEDIMENT, BUT DUE TO THE REGIONAL DISTRUBANCES OCCURRING BEFORE THAT WHICH PERMITTED THE GRANITIC INTRUSION, IT IS NOW A SCHIST."


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 31 .

Reference (Deposit): WEIS, P.L. AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THEAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AREA: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 48.


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