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West Side

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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 10033146
MRDS ID M015107
Record type Site
Current site name West Side
Related records 10250063

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50022, 44.71346 (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

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 035E 09 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF GREENHORN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50022, 44.71346
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN THE FORM OF BROKEN LENSES AND BLOCKS IN GREENSTONES, ARGILLITE, AND SERPENTINE ALL BADLY ALTERED AND STRUCTURALLY DISTURBED.

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

  • A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1914; RETURNS WERE $50 TO $75 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 500-FT ADIT DRIFT AND A SHALLOW SHAFT. A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1914; RETURNS WERE $50 TO $75 PER TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 120

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 96

Reporter information

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