Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036611
MRDS ID M025483
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect
Related records 10128945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.45772, 44.81818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 035E 02 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.45772, 44.81818

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Depositional Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISCONTINOUS GRAVELS UNDERLIE BASALT. EXPLORATORY ADIT DRIVEN IN ARGILLITE BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Boy District/Granite Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carter Kerns

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT IN BEDROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.