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Standard

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Bismuth, Nickel, Uranium, Antimony, 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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033088
MRDS ID M015005
Record type Site
Current site name Standard
Alternate or previous names Grover Cleveland, Smuggler, Juniper
Related records 10201736

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68077, 44.54596 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES FROM PRAIRIE CITY ON EAST FORK OF DIXIE CREEK

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 033E 12 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1907, SHIPMENTS AVERAGED $0.60 IN GOLD, LESS THAN AN OUNCE IN SILVER PER TON AND 10-12% COPPER (ODGMI BULL. 14-B)
Result URANIUM MINERALS UNKNOWN: U308 EQUIV.= .07, U308 CHEM. ANAL.= .05 (ORE BIN VOL. 17, NO. 12).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68077, 44.54596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 75 - 88 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Shoots Along Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR DISTINCT FAULT-BRECCIA ZONES CROSSING THE VEIN; MUCH OF THE MOVEMENT ALONG FAULTS HAS BEEN PREMINERAL, BUT IN ONE PLACE THERE IS A JOG IN THE VEIN, AND IN THE FACE THE VEIN APPEARS TO BE FAULTED OFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.51oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 12g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN, PROBABLY SMALL; SOME CHANCE OF A SMALL, HIGH-GRADE OPERATION (GOLD ACCOMPANIES THE COBALT)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1158.24M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 LEVELS OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS (SOME CAVED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., REED, J. C., AND PARK, C. F., 1933 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 101 .

  • Deposit

    VHAY, J. S., 1959 , THE COPPER-COBALT DEPOSITS OF THE QUARTZBURG DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER INOREGON, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 153.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 125-127.&5) LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND ANUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 711.&6) ORE BIN, VOL

  • Deposit

    HULL, D., 1976, STANDARD MINE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUMMARY REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1900 DIREXPL

  • Deposit

    1915 DIREXPL

  • Deposit

    1915 GEOLMAP D. F. HEWETT, USGS

  • Deposit

    1923 DIREXPL H. W. RILEY

  • Production

    ODGMI SUMMARY REPORT, 1976

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU VALUES ARE REPORTEDLY HIGHEST IN THE COBALT-RICH ORE.

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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