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Iron Dike Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054644
MRDS ID OR07728
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Dike Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79884, 44.87374 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharp Ridge(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
08S 32E 13 E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.79884, 44.87374
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hubert Asher, Spray Oregon
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT IS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AND ONE 15 FOOT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN C.E. AND THAYER,T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE; USGS MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-447

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED TO SHOW ADENATELY REVEAL THE NATURE OF MINERALIZATION. THE PROSPECT SHAFT DOES NOT PENETRATE THE GOSSAN (1959)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JAN-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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