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Side Issue

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033066
MRDS ID M014966
Record type Site
Current site name Side Issue
Alternate or previous names Black Hawk, More Or Less
Related records 10152821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.77884, 44.71152 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Susanville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(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 033E 07 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF HOMESTAKE GROUP ON SE SIDE OF ELK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Clastic rocks and andesite flows
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65
    Dip 40 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ STRINGER AND GOUGE VARYING IN WIDTH FROM 4 TO 20 INCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Susanville

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1926 - 1930 , 100 SACKS OF SHIPPING ORE WERE SORTED, AND SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED $150 .

Comments on the workings information

  • 130 FT. INCLINE SHAFT AND 105 FT. OF TUNNEL FROM 1926 - 1930 , 100 SACKS OF SHIPPING ORE WERE SORTED, AND SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED $150 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14-B, P. 138 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 123 .

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

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