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King Tut Group

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033055
MRDS ID M014945
Record type Site
Current site name King Tut Group
Related records 10201635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55105, 44.74679 (WGS84)

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)

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 009S 034E 31 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY VALUES $47.25 IN GOLD AND $35.90 IN SILVER ( 1938

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • 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) -118.55105, 44.74679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 85 DEG S
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE CONSISTING OF GLASSY SECOND GENERATION QUARTZ WHICH HAS FORMED AROUND FRAGMENTS AND CRYSTALS OF A FIRST GENERATION QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION, EXCEPT 1400 TONS OF FLOAT WHICH NETTED $647 IN 1893 .

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT TUNNELS TOTALING 250 FT.; FOUR SHAFTS, 10 TO 30 FT. DEEP, ALONG A DISTANCE OF 500 FT.NO PRODUCTION, EXCEPT 1400 TONS OF FLOAT WHICH NETTED $647 IN 1893 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.80

  • Deposit

    MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS; OREGON STATE MS THESIS

  • Production

    OLD - TIMERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M015034 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Reporter information

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