J.B. Asbestos

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095338
MRDS ID M025520
Record type Site
Current site name J.B. Asbestos
Related records 10225464

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76162, 44.88152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cockscomb(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
Willamette 008S 033E 17 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76162, 44.88152

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. BROWN AND THAYER (1966) SHOW AREA TO BE UNDERLAIN BY UNDIFFERENTIATED METAVOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don Bauman
    Home office Dale, Or.
    First year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.E., AND THAYER, T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    USFS MINERAL EXAMINATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.