Pitsburg 1-2

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109356
MRDS ID M014886
Record type Site
Current site name Pitsburg 1-2
Alternate or previous names Last Chance 1-3, Guernsey, Fraction, Miller Mtn Mine On Quad Sheet
Related records 10176742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.97523, 44.34318 (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

Canyon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 031E 22 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, ON THE NORTHEAST SLOPE OF MILLER MOUNTAIN.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = JOHN DAY 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS MOSTLY FREE , GOLD TO SILVER RATIO IS REPORTEDLY HIGH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.97523, 44.34318

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD OCCURS IN SMALL QUARTZ SEAMS AND FREQUENTLY IN POCKETS. SHEARING IS VERY PRONOUNCED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE LENGTH OF THE VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sheedy, David C.

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN, PROBABLY NOT LESS THAN $30,000 NOR MORE THAN $100,000 . TEN STAMP MILL OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UP TO WORLD WAR II.

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 ADITS, 4000 FT WORKINGS, STOPED TO SURFACE, TEST PITS, TAILINGS FROM 10-STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OR: OR DEPT GEOL MIN IND , BULL 61, CANYON AREA, P 147

  • Deposit

    OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, CANYON AREA, PAGE 17-39.

  • Deposit

    SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, CANYON AREA, PAGE 200-209.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 24291-24292 24293-24295

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS; ONE STRIKES N 45 - 65 W AND DIPS 75 - 85 NE; OTHER STRIKES N 65 W AND DIPS 45 - 50 NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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