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Gardner-Murphy Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033403
MRDS ID M015744
Record type Site
Current site name Gardner-Murphy Prospect
Related records 10177305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.733, 44.79096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desolation Butte(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 009S 033E 15 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.733, 44.79096
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED STRINGERS OF MOLYBDENITE, CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR IN SHEAR ZONES IN GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969; ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 162.

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1967, CORRESPONDANCE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MAJOR MINING COMPANIES HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS OCCURRENCE IN RECENT YEARS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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

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