Stahler Dan E.

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Ore body information
  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 10033115
MRDS ID M015055
Record type Site
Current site name Stahler Dan E.
Alternate or previous names Heppner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63773, 44.70596 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 08 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE RATIO 30:1 . GOLD FREE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.63773, 44.70596

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANODIORITE CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES. ZONE 1000 FT. WIDE CONTAINS VEINS, SOME OF WHICH ARE TRACEABLE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.

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 Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT OF 3,900 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14-B, P. 92 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SWARTLEY, A. E., 1914 , ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON: ORE BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL 1 ., NO. 8 , P 174 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A DOZEN OR MORE VEINS, 1 TO 20 FT. WIDE.

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-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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