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USGS COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, 1931 WITH ALL MAPS!!
USGS COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, 1931 WITH ALL MAPS!!
USGS COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, 1931 WITH ALL MAPS!!
USGS COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, 1931 WITH ALL MAPS!!

USGS COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR KEATING, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, 1931 WITH ALL MAPS!!

$ 7.91

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  • Condition: Minor pencil writing on the front cover. Fading and discoloration of the cover, especially along the spine. Edge wear and a few nicks to some pages and the cover. Pages yellowed, but unmarked. Paper is not brittle. An aged but decent example of this old report.

    Description

    SCARCE ITEM!!!
    This is USGS Bulletin 830-A,
    Copper Deposits NEar Keating, Oregon
    . Published in 1931, It includes the 32-page book and all three of the original maps, two of which are in the pocket in the back, and the other is a fold out map bound into the text. All are pictured above.
    This scarce old report describes the copper deposits and mining in an area about fifteen miles northeast of Baker City, Oregon. The deposits are in the foothills of the Wallowa mountains, and are just part of a series of deposits over 75 miles long. Near Keating, the deposits include the following mines and prospects:
    Oregon Copper Co
    Clover Creek Copper Co
    Copper Queen mine
    Other prospects
    The locations for these are quite specific.
    Minerals mentioned in the text include:
    Chrysocolla
    Azurite
    Malachite
    Barite
    Chalcopyrite
    Pyrite
    Gold
    Quartz
    Sericite
    Ankerite
    Calcite
    Chacedony
    Cuprite
    Bornite
    Significant silver was also noted in the ores. And who knows what other minerals have been found since?
    The whole thing makes for interesting reading, and the maps are really cool. Many of the minerals listed are colorful and desirable to mineral collectors. This is a great report on a little-known mining area with some great minerals, and should be of interest to mineral collectors, historians, and anyone else that wants to give the place a shot. Unusual to find this with all the maps, especially after all these years. Would also make a great gift!
    Note that any reports older than the 1940's are scarcer than later reports. This is one I seldom see.
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