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Myrtle Mine

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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 10033410
MRDS ID M015752
Record type Site
Current site name Myrtle Mine
Related records 10128942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.72606, 44.72818 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder 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 010S 033E 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.72606, 44.72818
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone And Quartz Diorite Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD IS FOUND IN OXIDIZED SULPHIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Susanville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT WORKINGS CONSIST OF A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS AND SHORT ADITS (1946)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTMAN, B.J., 1946, REPORT ON THE MYRTLE MINE; PRIVATE ENGINEERING REPORT

  • Deposit

    WESTMAN, B.J., 1946, REPORT ON THE MYRTLE MINE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES.

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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