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Golden Gate Group

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109359
MRDS ID M014964
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Gate Group
Alternate or previous names Ruth, Blue Jay, Beaver, Alta, Poorman, St. Lawrence, Ruby
Related records 10128516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.7805, 44.71207 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Susanville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 033E 07 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF THE BADGER AND NORTH OF ELK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Clastic rocks and andesite flows
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES IS CUT BY APLITE DIKE ABOUT 50 FT. THICK WHICH IS LOCALLY MINERALIZED. NUMEROUS SMALL VEINS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ FOUND IN APLITE AND SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Susanville

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS AND CUTS, ONE ADIT BEING 833 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P 121 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 141 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN SAID TO BE 70 FT. LONG, 2 1/2 FT. THICK, 100 FT. DEEP

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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