Tomkat 1

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054700
MRDS ID OR07796
Record type Site
Current site name Tomkat 1
Alternate or previous names This Placer Blankets Lode Claims Ormc 81552 Trouble On the South And, Ormc 81553 Sample On the North.
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Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.91884, 44.38707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14S 32E 06 {LOT 2} Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.91884, 44.38707

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LANDSLIDE DEBLIS OVERLYING TERTIARY RATTLESNAKE FM OF FANGLOMERATE, SAND, GRAVEL, AND CLAY. BEDROCK OF TRIASSIC CANYON MTN SERPENTINITEWITH CHRYSOTILE STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1862

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lovejoy, Thomas And Kathleen

Comments on the workings information

  • FULL SCALE TESTING/MINING OPERATION RUN BY CAMM-TEX INTERNATIONAL INC. WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF NEW EQUIPMENT. SHUT DOWN FOR THE WINTER OF 1990.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, CANYON AREA, PAGE 17-39.

  • Deposit

    SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, CANYON AREA, PAGE 200-209.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 112253

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY LARGE PLACER OPERATION IN GRANT COUNTY.
Deposit 20 ACRES ON OLD MARYSVILLE TOWNSITE SUPPOSEDLY NEVER PLACERED. FLOUR GOLD DIFFICULT TO RECOVER AND BLACK SANDS PLUG RIFFLES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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