Twin Baby

The Twin Baby is a gold and copper mine located in Union 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

Name: Twin Baby  

State:  Oregon

County:  Union

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 45.03417, -117.59028

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Twin Baby MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Twin Baby
Secondary: Vindicator Gold Mines


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Oregon
County: Union
District: Medical Springs


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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Comment (Deposit): OCCURRENCES OF HIGH GRADE ORE APPEAR TO BE OF SMALL LATERAL DIMENSION.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT 335 FEET DEEP; SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND CUTS. A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ON SURFACE VEIN CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK WITH STRINGERS & NODULES OF QUARTZ; SEVERAL OTHER VEINS AND MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE.

Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD (M014783) MERGED AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 101 .

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 112.


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