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Ben Harrison

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033105
MRDS ID M015040
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Harrison
Related records 10159473, 10176601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57745, 44.74429 (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 35 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, NEAR THE HEAD OF CLEAR CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RATIO OF SILVER TO GOLD VARIES FROM 50:1 TO 1:1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    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) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 03 E
    Dip 67 E
    Width 6.55M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IS FRAGMENTED, SERICITIZED AND KAOLINIZED GRANODIORITE CEMENTED AND PARTLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ. GOUGE ALONG BOTH WALLS. INCLUSIONS OF CHLORITIC GREENSTONES AND GARNET-BIOTITE SCHIST IN GRANODIORITE. ; GEOL.DESC: FILLING IS SERICITIZED GRANODIORITE BRECCIA AND GOUGE CEMENTED AND PARTIALLY REPLACED BY QUARTZ APLITE DIKES ABUNDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Campbell-Oregon Mining Co.
    First year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDS SCARCE, OUTPUT ESTIMATED AT $425,000

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 4000 FT. OF WORKINGS FROM 2 ADITS & SHAFT. OUTPUT ESTIMATED AT $425,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 107 , 110 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 68 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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.

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