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Minty Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033080
MRDS ID M014988
Record type Site
Current site name Minty Group
Alternate or previous names Cougar, Blue Mountain Chief, Klondike, Midnight, Blue Bird, Bonanza, Morning, Porman, Paul Tote
Related records 10298522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69772, 44.53596 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(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 012S 033E 12 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE TENOR OF ORE IS $7 TO THE TON IN FREE MILLING GOLD. ( 1939

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69772, 44.53596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip 65 - 80 E
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Follow Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the production information

  • 4 TONS OF ORE (1940)

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 1500 FEET OF DRIFTS AND TUNNELS ON 2 LEVELS 4 TONS OF ORE (1940)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 121 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 85, 92

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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