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Gold Eagle

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033103
MRDS ID M015033
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Eagle
Alternate or previous names Donaldson, Bluebird
Related records 10225866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66912, 44.76096 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desolation Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 034E 30 E OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS DIORITE DIKES CUT THE GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL WORKINGS CAVED; LOWER TUNNEL IS REPORTEDLY 500 FEET IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDS, L.C., 1942, THE GOLD EAGLE MINE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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