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Ophir Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033082
MRDS ID M014992
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Mine
Related records 10201801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71023, 44.53041 (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 14 NE OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE1/4 OF THE NW1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.71023, 44.53041
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALL "VEINS" ARE SHEAR ZONES WITH WHITE GOUGE. WIDE AREAS IN GRANITE ARE CRISS-CROSSED BY NUMEROUS LIMONITE STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1700 FEET OF DRIFTS, AND 180 FEET OF CROSSCUTS ON TWO LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 122 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P.94

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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