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Solid Foundation

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054708
MRDS ID OR07804
Record type Site
Current site name Solid Foundation
Alternate or previous names Firm Foundation 1-4 These Lode Claims Overlap Ray Moles' Emmanuel, Enterprises 14 Placer Claims At Marysville Placer Site
Related records 10274449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.92134, 44.37791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1347

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 07 N Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Soil Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.92134, 44.37791
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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 Moles, Ray Emmanuel Enterprises

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TERRACES CUT INTO GREAT NORTHERN DUMP LOOKING FOR LOST ADIT. ALSO RAN SOME 5-GAL BUCKETS OF SOIL OVER CONCENTRATING TABLE WITH POSITIVE RESULTS.

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 72294-72297 72290-72293

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMP OF GREAT NORTHERN PATENTED PROPERTY
Deposit THESE CLAIMS OVERLAP MERLE BROWN'S GOTCHA CLAIM ORMC 31013

Reporter information

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

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