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Sheep Gulch

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Palladium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039225
MRDS ID M046811
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Gulch
Related records 10274293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.90773, 44.33429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 6 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF JOHN DAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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)

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 014S 032E 20,29 NW4 OF NW4 (29) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS IN MALHEUR NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SHEEP GULCH NEAR SECTION BOUNDARIES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result MAGNETIC FRACTION OF PANNED CONCENTRATE: 15 PPB PD, 10 PPB AU

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.90773, 44.33429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES PERIDOTITE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon City District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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