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Great Northern Mine

Past Producer in Grant 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033034
MRDS ID M014911
Record type Site
Current site name Great Northern Mine
Related records 10305412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.92217, 44.37541 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 032E 07 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2, ON CANYON MOUNTAIN 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANYON CITY AND ABOUT 1500 FEET ABOVE THE TOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SMALL POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.92217, 44.37541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED GABBRO IS CUT BY CALCITE SEAMS, SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN WIRE GOLD. THE QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE AND GENERALLY LOW VALUES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • $30,000 FROM A POCKET IN 1898.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND SHORT ADITS. $30,000 FROM A POCKET IN 1898.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 146 .

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 715

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS; STRIKE N-S, DIP 25 W; STRIKE E-W, DIP 35 S.

Reporter information

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