Harrison Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032966
MRDS ID M014791
Record type Site
Current site name Harrison Group
Alternate or previous names Windsor, Psyche and Big Johnny
Related records 10159436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52188, 44.69735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF GREENHORN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 17 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE, VALUES IN WINDSOR VEIN VARY FROM $5 TO $10 ( 1940 ) TWO SAMPLES FROM THE PSYCHE DUMP RAN 1.40 OZ/TON AU, 5.80 OZ/TON AG AND 0.64 OZ/TON AU, 3.90 OZ/TON AG RESPECTIVELY (ALLEN, 1948)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULT ZONE AS SMALL LENSES. ALSO SOME NARROW QUARTZ VEINS AND PORPHYRY DIKES. HIGH-GRADE ORE OCCURS IN SCATTERED SEAMS AND LENSES RARELY MORE THAN 8 INCHES THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO MILL RECORD. PSYCHE SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $90,000 IN 1905.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 60-FOOT SHAFT AND 4 ADITS TOTALLING 3300 FEET. NO MILL RECORD. PSYCHE SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $90,000 IN 1905.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.40

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 113

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P. 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL KIDNEYS OF CHROMITE AND MAGNETITE ARE REPORTED FROM THE WINDSOR VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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