Carbonate

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033111
MRDS ID M015049
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate
Alternate or previous names Bright Carbonate, Chloride
Related records 10232578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60856, 44.72985 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210

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 03 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW1/4; AT BOULDER GAP

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTED ASSAYS RANGE FROM $5 TO $250, MORE OF HALF OF WHICH IS GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL VEINS IN COUNTRY ROCK, WHICH HAS BEEN BLEACHED BY DEVELOPMENT OF SERICITE AND CALCITE STAINED GREEN WITH CHROMIUM MICA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SMELTER SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO 1916

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS, AMOUNT UNKNOWN. SMALL SMELTER SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 75 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS IN GRANODIORITE CLOSE TO A CONTACT WITH SERPENTINITE AND PALEOZOIC CHERT AND ARGILLITE

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

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