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Kit Carson

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Platinum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032965
MRDS ID M014790
Record type Site
Current site name Kit Carson
Related records 10298367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51855, 44.70096 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Estimated Within Section, Est Estimated Within Section, Est Estimated Within Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 035E 17 N2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • A FEW HUNDRED YARDS EAST OF THE WINDSOR CLAIM. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR NORTHEASTERNMOST PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN IN SECTION ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PLATINUM OCCURRENCE NOT VERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result VALUES UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE TON (1939)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 65 E - S 65 E
    Dip 50 - 75 N
    Length 6.1M
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK BROKEN BY NUMEROUS FAULTS AND A LARGE DIORITE DIKE. GOUGE ALONG FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1921
Discoverer Located By V.E. Halberg (1921)

Mining district

District name Greenhorn District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Van. B. Halberg
    Home office Baker, Or.
    First year 1939

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF OLD OPEN CUTS AND SHAFTS AND 500 FT OF TUNNELS, CROSSCUTS, AND DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED LODES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-76 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-80 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-84 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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