| Deposit ID | 10033148 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M015110 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Owl Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Red Bird, Virginia |
| Related records | 10274581 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.47827, 44.71374 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 010S | 035E | 10 | E | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GOLD IS SAID TO BE 700 FINE |
|---|---|
| Result | AVERAGE ORE RAN $15.00 TO THE TON IN FREE GOLD ( 1940 ) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro |
| (1) | -118.47827, 44.71374 |
|---|
| Strike | N 35 DEG W. |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 DEG S |
| Width | 6.71M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Greenhorn |
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| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M015110 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230105 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B,P.86.
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.115
PERKINS, J.M., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN QUAD. AND NW PORTION OF THE WHITNEY QUAD., UNIV. OREGON MS. THESIS, P.88.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BULK OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM HIGH GRADE POCKETS IN THE OLDER GABBRO |
| 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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