Pardee Mine

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10036291
MRDS ID M025051
Record type Site
Current site name Pardee Mine
Related records 10128909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89799, 43.76402 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devine Ridge North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stinkingwater Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harney-Malheur Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021S 032E 04 S OF S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.89799, 43.76402

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAY BY ON THE SAME STRUCTURE AS THE IDOL CITY MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer O.J. Darst

Mining district

District name Idol City (Harney District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 312 FOOT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1939, PARDEE MINE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
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.