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Gold Bug

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033131
MRDS ID M015081
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bug
Related records 10201210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54412, 44.82485 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olive Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

North Fork John Day Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 008S 035E 31 SW OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.54412, 44.82485
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.E. AND THAYER T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-447

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS PROSPECT. BROWN AND THAYER (1966) SHOW COUNTRY ROCK TO BE PRETERTIARY ARGILLITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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