Dixie Meadows

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10033074
MRDS ID M014978
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Meadows
Alternate or previous names Intermediate, Blacksmith
Related records 10274389

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69773, 44.60179 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(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 011S 033E 23 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF RUBY CREEK JUST NORTH OF THE DIXIE CREEK DIVIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE ONLY SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED AT SURFACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE ORE
Result LITTLE FREE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69773, 44.60179

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-35 DEG E
    Dip 65-70 DEG SE
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Localized Along A Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMPLEX OF GREENSTONE, META-ANDESITE, TUFF, METADIORITE AND SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brazos Petroleum Corp

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL SAID TO BE LESS THAN $100,000

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS AND 7200 FEET OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND RAISES. TOTAL SAID TO BE LESS THAN $100,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 114 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 151 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 85

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references