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Standard

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Arsenic
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032973
MRDS ID M014805
Record type Site
Current site name Standard
Related records 10250055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41827, 44.84929 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla 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 008S 035E 12 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VALUES BEST AT INTERSECTION OF VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10 PERCENT SULFIDES. VALUES UP TO $25 GOLD AND 20 OUNCES SILVER

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 Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41827, 44.84929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO QUARTZ & GOUGE-FILLED FISSURE ZONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 400-FOOT ADIT AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.81

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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