The Birch Creek Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Wheeler county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.4375, -119.72500
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Birch Creek Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birch Creek Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wheeler
District: Spanish Gulch District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF CROSSCUT ADITS
Comment (Geology): REPORTEDLY A QUARTZ VEIN IN SILICIFIED GREENSTONE NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITICS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY,VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 38
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