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Rabbit

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033147
MRDS ID M015109
Record type Site
Current site name Rabbit
Alternate or previous names Dixon & Keyton
Related records 10128972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47688, 44.71179 (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)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 035E 10 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENHORN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD 90 % FREE
Result 750 TO 760 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.47688, 44.71179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 70 E
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WORKINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE IN THE OLDER GABBROIC COMPLEX. ; GEOL.DESC: VEIN LIES BETWEEN HANGING WALL OF DIORITE AND FOOTWALL OF GRANITE.

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

  • DISCOVERED IN 1925; SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $40,000 PRIOR TO 1940 WITH FIVE-STAMP MILL.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1000 FEET OF TUNNELS AND A 160-FOOT SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFT LEVELS. DISCOVERED IN 1925; SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $40,000 PRIOR TO 1940 WITH FIVE-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 116 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 89

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE

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

Beyond USGS

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