The Mother Lode Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.91694, -117.47361
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Mother Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mother Lode Mine
Secondary: Poorman
Secondary: Balm Creek Mines
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Eagle Creek
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. Cook, Oregon Copper Co.
Owner Name: Oregon Copper Co. (Morris Cook)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Wallowa Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LOZENGE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Blue Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Description: Fault Terminates Ore Body On South And With Depth: Strike N 70 Deg W, Dip Steeply S
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Most Of The Material Is Silicified; Feldspars Are Sericitized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 93, 98-99
Reference (Deposit): HULL, D., 1976, POORMAN AND BALM CREEK MINES: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUMMARY REPORT.
Reference (Production): BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 99
Reference (Deposit): GILLULLY, J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, OREGON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 830-A, 64 P.
Oregon Gold
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