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Roberts

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109331
MRDS ID M014059
Record type Site
Current site name Roberts
Alternate or previous names Eccentric, Domino, Gold Bug, Wild Rose.
Related records 10152570

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51161, 44.69152 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 010S 035E 16 SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENHORN. SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Dolomite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAS YIELDED HIGH-GRADE OXIDIZED ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51161, 44.69152
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 90 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRUSHED ZONE BETWEEN CONTACT OF SERPENTINE AND GABBRO; SAID TO BE MORE THAN 40 FT. WIDE; CONTAINS OCCASIONAL SMALL KIDNEYS OF QUARTZ BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL UNKNOWN; $10,000 PRODUCED FROM HYDRAULICKING SURFACE POCKET.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 4 SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS. TOTAL UNKNOWN; $10,000 PRODUCED FROM HYDRAULICKING SURFACE POCKET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 11 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14-B, P. 90 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 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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