Diadem and Brindle Horse

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040212
MRDS ID M054902
Record type Site
Current site name Diadem and Brindle Horse
Alternate or previous names Snow Creek
Related records 10152925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51438, 44.69791 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 010S 035E 16 W OF W OF CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51438, 44.69791

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS A SHATTERED REPLACEMENT TYPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Etta D Mantle

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON: USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 75 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 ., P. 112 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD (M014792) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS ONE, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
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.