| Deposit ID | 10032990 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014832 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Monumental Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Kissell |
| Related records | 10274105 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.34911, 44.86207 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Ireland(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
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 036E | 18 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Result | EIGHT DUMP SAMPLES TAKEN BY YOUNG (1979) HAVE AN ARITHMATIC AVERAGE VALUE OF 0.10 OZ/TON AU |
|---|---|
| Result | 2.88 OZ/TON AG |
| Result | 0.02 % CU |
| Result | 0.03 % PB |
| Result | 0.27 % ZN |
| Result | 0.68 % AS |
| Result | AND 0.05 % SB. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Bald Mountain Batholith |
| Rock description | Bald Mountain Batholith |
| (1) | -118.34911, 44.86207 |
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| Strike | N TO N 20 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| District name | Arsenopyrite, Pyrite; Galena, |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014832 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230094 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.56
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.80
YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | 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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