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Fitzsimmons Group

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033412
MRDS ID M015754
Record type Site
Current site name Fitzsimmons Group
Related records 10298297

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68661, 44.54791 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 12S 33E 12 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VALUES IN 1940 RANGED FROM $25 TO $50 PER TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68661, 44.54791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N12E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Comments on the workings information

  • VOLUME OF DUMP MATERIAL SUGGESTS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 117

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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