Griffith

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038171
MRDS ID M045467
Record type Site
Current site name Griffith
Related records 10176679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31411, 44.78374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE, 3.5 MI NORTHEAST OF WEAVER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(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

Wallowa-Whitman 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 036E 16,17 NW4 (16) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF BLUE MOUNTAIN DIVIDE. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result BLACK-SAND CONCENTRATE SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.5 OZ/TON PT (50 PPM)
Result GOLD $.35 AND $.75 PIECES ARE SAID TO BE OCCASIONALLY FOUND.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31411, 44.78374

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Strike NW
    Dip 12 NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVEL ON HIGH TERRACE LIES UNCONFORMABLY UPON FINE SEDIMENTS AND IS THICKLY BEDDED. BEDROCK IS DECOMPOSED GRANITE AND ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite Area, Bald Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harris, Harris, Beus, And Johnson
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION AROUND 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICALLY MINED IN A PIT 300 FT ACROSS WITH A 50 FT FACE

Comments on development

  • LITTLE OR NO MINING SINCE 1900 (PARDEE, 1909)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1909, PLACER GRAVELS OF SUMPTER AND GRANITE DISTRICTS, OREGON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1909: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 430, P. 60, 62.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1, NO. 6, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 114-115.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO NEARBY WEAVER MINE. DEPOSIT EXTENDS NORTHWEST ABOUT 1 MI WHERE IT DISAPPEARS UNDER A BASALT FLOW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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