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Royal White

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10033139
MRDS ID M015095
Record type Site
Current site name Royal White
Related records 10274353

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48494, 44.72707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 03 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF GREENHORN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.48494, 44.72707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 90 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OFFSET BY CROSS-FAULT, VEIN FILLING IS ARGILLITE BRECCIA CEMENTED BY CHALCEDONY AND QUARTZ. ORE IS OXIDIZED

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 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SORTED ORE YIELDED $25 TO $28 PER TON DURING 1904 TO 1910 PERIOD.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY ADIT CONTAINING 600 FT. OF DRIFT AND CROSS CUTS TO A DEPTH OF 95 FT. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SORTED ORE YIELDED $25 TO $28 PER TON DURING 1904 TO 1910 PERIOD.

Comments on development

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT IS REPORTED FOR 1975 (PERKINS, 1976)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P 118 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , BULL 14-B, P. 91 .

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1916 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON. VOL 1 , NO 6 , P 115 .

  • Deposit

    PERKINS, J.M., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN QUAD AND THE NW PORTION OF THE WHITNEY QUAD, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS. THESIS, P.88

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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