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Cap Martin Mine

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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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 10032977
MRDS ID M014813
Record type Site
Current site name Cap Martin Mine
Related records 10225968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36799, 44.85735 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(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

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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 035E 24 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ARITHMATIC AVERAGE OF 9 DUMP SAMPLES (YOUNG, 1979) GIVES 0.52 OZ/TON AU
Result 2.88 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.03% CU
Result 0.16% PB
Result 0.4% ZN AND 0.5% AS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36799, 44.85735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip W
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX FAULTING AND MOVEMENT, SLIPS MOSTLY VERTICAL. GOUGE IS SCANTY. SOME PARALLEL BANDING IN ORE.

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 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 3 TUNNELS, OF 80,100, AND 150 FEET LENGTH AND ONE 36-FOOT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 45 .

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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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