The Valley View Vein, Cornucopia Mine is a silver and gold 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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Valley View Vein, Cornucopia Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View Vein, Cornucopia Mine
Secondary: Valley View
Secondary: Wild Irishman
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cornucopia
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.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Forest Industries Insurance Management Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Type: L
Description: Valley View Vein Lies Along A Shear Zone Adjacent Toa Basalt Dike Of Miocene Age
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED THAT SHOOTS OF ORE OF FAIR SIZE AND GOOD QUALITY HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): THE VEIN CROPS OUT BETWEEN 8000 AND 8400 FT ELEV. NEAR TOP OF CORNUCOPIA PEAK, ABOUT 2.2 MILES NW OF CORNUCOPIA TOWNSITE.
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY CONTINUATION OF RED CROSS VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS ONE OF SEVERAL WORKED BY THE CORNUCOPIA MINE. THERES INCLUDE: UNION-COMPANION, LAST CHANCE, WALLINGFORD, AND WHITMAN. PRODUCTION WAS MOSTLY FROM THE UNION-COMPANION AND LAST CHANCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 43
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 33 .
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