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Dixie Queen

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033084
MRDS ID M014997
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen
Related records 10249997

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.698, 44.54679 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 033E 12 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.698, 44.54679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W - N 15 E
    Dip 80 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Several Places, Veins Follow Contacts Of Dikes.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEAMS CONTAIN QUARTZ, GOUGE, BRECCIA WITH SULFIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 200-FOOT LONG TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 116 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 SMALL SEAMS

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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