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Standard

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033089
MRDS ID M015006
Record type Site
Current site name Standard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68744, 44.54152 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(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 012S 033E 12 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EAST FORK OF DIXIE CREEK.; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68744, 44.54152
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCKS ARE CHIEFLY PORPHYRITIC ANDESITE CUT BY DIKES OF GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY AND A FEW OF DIABASE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SHIPMENT OF CONCENTRATE IN 1960. LAST PROD 1960 BUT KINSELLA PLANS TO REOPEN MINE (6/27/63) ADIT - USBM NEWS OF MIN IND. AREA 7 - JULY 63

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGMI, BULL. 61, PG. 153 P. 2

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, V23, NO. 5, 1961; P. 100

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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