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New York

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10032979
MRDS ID M014814
Record type Site
Current site name New York
Related records 10274068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40438, 44.84429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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 008S 035E 27 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, OPPOSITE OLD COUGAR INDEPENDENCE CAMP, 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROVEN ORE RESERVES OF AT LEAST 5000 TONS, MAYBE MORE IN OXIDIZED ZONE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IS TOO FINELY DIVIDED TO YIELD GOLD IN A PAN. (SEE PRODUCTION COMMENTS.)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40438, 44.84429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 - 40 E
    Dip 70 - 90 E
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS CONSISTING OF SILICIFIED ARGILLITE BRECCIA AND GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Bowes And Associates
    Home office Steamboat Springs, Co.
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1941. ORE CYANIDED. MORE THAN 1000 TONS TREATED. MILLHEADS AVERAGED $8.00 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 5 ADITS TOTALLING 900 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE IN 1976 BY W.A. BOWES & ASSOC. MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1937-1941. ORE CYANIDED. MORE THAN 1000 TONS TREATED. MILLHEADS AVERAGED $8.00 PER TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 81 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON, METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 97

  • Deposit

    KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.36

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

Reporter information

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