| Deposit ID | 10106868 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014815 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cougar |
| Alternate or previous names | Cougar - Independence Group |
| Related records | 10225779 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.41188, 44.84763 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 035E | 22 | SW OF SW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SULFIDE CONCENTRATION RATIO 10:1. LITTLE FREE GOLD. RATIO OF GOLD TO SILVER ABOUT 1.7:1 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| (1) | -118.41188, 44.84763 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 43 - 50 E |
| Dip | 70 - 83 SE |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Width | 2.74M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Granite |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. A. Bowes And Associates |
| Home office | Steamboat Springs, Co. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Independence Mining Co. |
| First year | 1980 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014815 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230076 |
BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 79.
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B P. 47.
YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1600 FT DECLINE ON 12% GRADE IS NOW BEING DRIVEN UNDER THE OLD WORKINGS (1979). OPERATORS HAVE INSTALLED A CYANIDE HEAP LEACHING PAD. |
| Deposit | SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT TO REACTIVATE COUGAR MINE. CREW OF A DOZEN MEN IS DEVELOPING NEW SYSTEM OF TUNNELS AT LEAST 300 FT. BELOW DEPTH PREVIOUSLY EXPLORED. WILLIAM BOWES AND ASSOCIATES, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO. (CONSULTING GEOLOGISTS FOR GROUP OF EASTERN INVESTORS) ESTIMATE UP TO 200 TONS OF ORE PER DAY TO BE MINED STARTING SPRING 1979 . ANTICIPATED YIELD IS AVERAGE OF .3 OUNCE GOLD PER TON OF ORE. FROM "GOLD MINING OPERATION READIED" THE OREGONIAN, MAY 17 , 1978 . |
| 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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