E and E

The E and E is a gold and silver 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

Name: E and E  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.82944, -118.20056

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E and E MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: E and E
Secondary: Eureka and Excelsior


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Cracker Creek Mining Co.

Owner Name: Brooks Minerals Inc.
Years: 1980 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: East-West Trending Thrust Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RATIO OF GANGUE TO SULFIDES 25:1 TO 20:1. FREE GOLD LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. GOLD TO SILVER RATIO ABOUT 1 TO


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT 760 FT. DEEP AND EIGHT ADITS; WORKINGS TOTAL ABOUT 20,000 FT. MAIN PERIODS OF ACTIVITY WERE 1891, 1894-1898, 1903-1905, AND 1920-1922, ACCORDING TO ELMER REPORT 1930.

Comment (Location): NE 1/4, ON A SEGMENT OF THE NORTH POLE-COLUMBIA LODE AND A SHORT DISTANCE UP CRACKER CREEK FROM BOURNE.

Comment (Production): MAIN PERIODS OF ACTIVITY WERE 1891, 1894-1898, 1903-1905, AND 1920-1922, ACCORDING TO ELMER REPORT 1930.

Comment (Development): MOW EXTENDING THE UPPER E & E ADIT AND DRIVING A NEW 3800 FT DEVELOPMENT ADIT. (1981)

Comment (Deposit): COMPOSITE VEIN

Comment (Geology): VEIN FILLS A NORMAL FAULT WHICH CUTS ANDOLDER THRUST FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ARGILLITE AND METAGABBRO


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 74

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 661

Reference (Deposit): BROOK, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY ANX

Reference (Production): ELMER REPORT OF 1930


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