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Prairie Diggings

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033030
MRDS ID M014902
Record type Site
Current site name Prairie Diggings
Related records 10177035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87356, 44.40041 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 032E 33 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87356, 44.40041
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BROAD SYSTEM OF QUARTZ VEINS AND MINERALIZED FRACTURES; MINERALIZED ZONE SAID TO BE 400 FT. WIDE AND HALF A MILE LONG IN NORTH EASTERLY DIRECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Centurion Gold Reserves, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE. THE PROPERTY WAS EVIDENTLY PLACERED EXTENSIVELY IN EARLY DAYS. BY 1872 A MILL HAD BEEN BUILT AND $10,000 IN QUARTZ GOLD EXTRACTED. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS INDICATE A SMALL PRODUCTION IN THE EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SURFACE CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. THE PROPERTY WAS EVIDENTLY PLACERED EXTENSIVELY IN EARLY DAYS. BY 1872 A MILL HAD BEEN BUILT AND $10,000 IN QUARTZ GOLD EXTRACTED. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS INDICATE A SMALL PRODUCTION IN THE EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 61 , P. 14

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 34

Reporter information

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