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Present Need

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033081
MRDS ID M014991
Record type Site
Current site name Present Need
Related records 10274285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70189, 44.54763 (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)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 033E 02 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST FORK OF DIXIE CREEK ABOUT A MILE ABOVE THE FORKS AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE KEYSTONE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES 6 TO 25 OUNCES SILVER AND 4 TO 5 OUNCES GOLD PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70189, 44.54763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Length 21.34M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL OUTPUT DURING 1890'S AND LATER. TOTAL UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • POOR RECORD; VEIN IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED DOWN TO CREEK LEVEL. SMALL OUTPUT DURING 1890'S AND LATER. TOTAL UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 122 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 153 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW AND DISCONTINUOUS VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 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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