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Tiger

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033109
MRDS ID M015044
Record type Site
Current site name Tiger
Alternate or previous names Leo Pard, Elk, Oro Fino, Oro Grande, Spring
Related records 10201449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58633, 44.72235 (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 010S 034E 02 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • A MILE AND A HALF WEST OF THE BIMETALLIC 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES MAKE UP 5 % OF VEIN MATERIAL . A SAMPLE OF THE SULFIDE ORE CONTAINED 0.38 OZ/TON AU AND 4.00 OZ/TON AG (ALLEN, 1948)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58633, 44.72235
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORTH TRENDING VEIN IN GRANODIORITE CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES. DIP OF VEIN IS ALMOST VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 94 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 119 .

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P.37

Reporter information

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

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