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Canyon Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033018
MRDS ID M014884
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Mountain Mine
Related records 10184282

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.933, 44.38096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 031E 01 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/4 MILES SE OF CANYON CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME SPECIMENS PRODUCED $3 TO $5 PER TON IN FREE MILLING GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Landslide and debris-flow deposits
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THERE IS A PERSISTANT LEDGE A FEW FEET IN WIDTH WITH SMALL STRINGERS ROUGHLY PARALLEL APPROACHING THE MAIN LEDGE AT AN ANGLE OF 45 DEG; RICH SPECIMENS FREQUENTLY FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • IN FALL OF 1914 A 10 - STAMP MILL (BUILD DURING THE SUMMER) WAS OPERATED FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT RESULTS WERE DISAPPOINTING.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 1 TUNNEL 500 FEET LONG.IN FALL OF 1914 A 10 - STAMP MILL (BUILD DURING THE SUMMER) WAS OPERATED FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT RESULTS WERE DISAPPOINTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 20 .

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H. M., AND SWARTLEY, A. M., 1916 , OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2 , NO. 4 . P. 50 - 51 , 112 .

Reporter information

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