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Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10054704
MRDS ID OR07800
Record type Site
Current site name Gotcha
Related records 10274265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.92106, 44.37596 (WGS84)
Elevation 1359

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14S 32E 07 NW OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.92106, 44.37596
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRIASSIC CANYON MTN COMPLEX OF GABBRO, PERIDOTITE, AND SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, Merle

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TERRACES CUT INTO PATENTED GREAT NORTHERN DUMP THAT SUPPOSEDLY COVERED LOST ADIT. SOME PLACERING DONE W OF DUMP AT END OF ROAD.

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 31013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF THE PATENTED GREAT NORTHERN DUMP.
Deposit THIS CLAIM PROBABLY ON PATENTED GROUND BECAUSE CLAIMANTS HAVE CUT INTO THE GREAT NORTHERN DUMP. ALSO OVERSTAKED BY RAY MOLES EMMANUEL ENTERPRIZES.

Reporter information

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

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