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Lady Bug Group

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Manganese
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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 10033118
MRDS ID M015062
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Bug Group
Related records 10257025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.60523, 44.69485 (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)

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 15 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES ARE SPOTTY AND LOW-GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.60523, 44.69485
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY NUMEROUS DIORITIC DIKES AND ONE SERPENTINE DIKE. THE VEIN FILLING IS A BRECCIA WITH GRAY QUARTZ AND SULFIDES. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY NUMEROUS DIORITIC DIKES AND ONE SERPENTINE DIKE. VEIN FILLING IS RHYOLITE - BRECCIA WITH GREY QUARTZ AND SULFIDES. SMALL VEINLETS ARE ABUNDANT BUT SHOW LITTLE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name New Eldorado

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT BY NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND ONE 130-FOOT DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.81

  • Deposit

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

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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