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Spare Time Claims

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095138
MRDS ID M014912
Record type Site
Current site name Spare Time Claims
Related records 10152915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.91189, 44.37179 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES BY UNIMPROVED RD. TO CANYON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Mountain(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
Willamette 014S 032E 07 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Analytical data

Result BETTER AREAS CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 5 % FIBER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.91189, 44.37179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CROSS-FIBER CHRYSOTILE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOME OF SERPENTINE AREA IS OBSCURED BY ALLUVIUM IN VALLEY OF LITTLE PINE CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J. H., AND RAMP, L., (MARCH) 1965 , OREGON'S ASBESTOS POTENTIAL; ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL 27 , NO. 3 , P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST FIBERS 1/16 IN OR LESS IN WIDTH, A FEW 3/16 INCH, AND RARELY 1/4 INCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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