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Central Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098323
MRDS ID M014812
Record type Site
Current site name Central Mine
Alternate or previous names Shipman's Claim
Related records 10274610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39327, 44.85596 (WGS84)

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

Wallowa-Whitman 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 035E 23 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 INCHES OF HIGH GRADE ASSAYING OVER $100
Result TOTAL OF28 INCHES ASSAYING $26.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39327, 44.85596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 VEINS 90 FT. APART

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION EXCEPT 27 SACKS HAND SORTED ORE, WHICH RAW $127 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS TOTALLING 500 FEET. NO PRODUCTION EXCEPT 27 SACKS HAND SORTED ORE, WHICH RAW $127 PER TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 46

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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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