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Grande Ronde Mines

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032904
MRDS ID M014707
Record type Site
Current site name Grande Ronde Mines
Alternate or previous names Aurelia
Related records 10183118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26744, 45.01318 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limber Jim Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Grande Ronde(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 036E 26 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF UNION COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SAID TO BE HIGH-GRADE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26744, 45.01318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.71M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO DEFINITE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Carson

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM EXPLORATION WORK PRIOR TO 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK VERY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM EXPLORATION WORK PRIOR TO 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED TO BE STANDARD VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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