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Golden Gate

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033140
MRDS ID M015096
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Gate
Alternate or previous names Belcher
Related records 10225624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48494, 44.72707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 03 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NORTH OF GREENHORN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD VALUES ARE PROBABLY LOW.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.48494, 44.72707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip 85 E
    Length 68.58M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AT LEAST 3 VEINS IN ALTERED ANDESITE. BRECCIA CONSISTS OF TRACHYTIC GREENSTONE FRAGMENTS MATRIX IS MASSIVE GRANULAR AGGREGATE, OBSURED BY CHLORITE & CALCITE ALTERATION. OXIDATION IS DEEP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD; OUTPUT PROBABLY VERY SMALL; MILL ERECTED IN 1914 , OPERATED WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS; LONGEST CONTAINS 2400 FEET OF WORK, INCLUDING RAISES. NO RECORD; OUTPUT PROBABLY VERY SMALL; MILL ERECTED IN 1914 , OPERATED WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P. 77.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON, USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P.697

  • Deposit

    MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON, OREGON STATE MS. THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS ARE SITUATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN A LARGE BODY OF ULTRAMAFIC AND GABBROIC ROCKS, AND A SERIES OF INTERCALATED ARGILLITES AND GREENSTONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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