| Deposit ID | 10032975 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014808 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Independence |
| Alternate or previous names | Cougar - Independence Group |
| Related records | 10201095 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.40577, 44.85402 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 035E | 22 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Result | SIX DUMP SAMPLES TAKEN BY YOUNG (1979) HAVE AN ARITHMATIC AVERAGE OF 0.98 OZ/TON AU |
|---|---|
| Result | 5.76 OZ/TON AG |
| Result | 0.03 % CU |
| Result | 0.02 % PB |
| Result | 0.67 % ZN |
| Result | 1.0 % AS |
| Result | AND 0.09 % SB |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| (1) | -118.40577, 44.85402 |
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| Strike | N 50 DEG E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 DEG S |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Granite |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Umatilla National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. A. Bowes And Associates |
| Home office | Steamboat Springs, Co. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014808 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230077 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL 14-B, P.47
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.79
KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.33
YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
| 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 |
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