Concord

Prospect in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097041
MRDS ID M025476
Record type Site
Current site name Concord
Alternate or previous names Part of the Rd Boy Group, Concord and Congo Veins
Related records 10274181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48077, 44.79457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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 009S 035E 10 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.48077, 44.79457

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEINS WHICH CONSIST OF LIMONITIC SILICIFIED ARGILLITE BRECCIAS WITH LENSES AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND OPEN SPACE ENCRUSTATIONS OF PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Boy District / Granite Are

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brandenthaler, A. (Estate)
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. CONNECTED TO THE MAIN RED BOY WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGM; MAP (IN PREPARATION)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SHORT PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 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

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