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Prindle Property

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Cobalt
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10033124
MRDS ID M015071
Record type Site
Current site name Prindle Property
Alternate or previous names Black Prince, Blueberry
Related records 10274490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63994, 44.58263 (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)

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 011S 034E 29 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE CARRIES $.10 IN GOLD TO THE TON ( 1933 ).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.63994, 44.58263
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Prominent Structural Features Seem To Have Localized The Mineralization

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS IN POCKETS ALONG FINE STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL 750 FEET LONG AND A SMALL OPEN CUT ON SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 123 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P.81

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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