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Queen of Oregon

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036287
MRDS ID M025046
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of Oregon
Related records 10298718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6164, 44.75816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position SEVEN MILES EAST OF ASHWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrastra Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 018E 29 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result ODGMI ANALYSES RANGE FROM TRACE-0.01 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE-2.60 OZ/TON AG
Result TRACE-0.80 % SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name L Clarno Formation
    Rock description L Clarno Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6164, 44.75816
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF STIBNITE ARE DISSEMINATED IN SLIGHTLY ALTERED TUFF ALONG A FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. Pragish
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1952, QUEEN OF OREGON MINE, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP ODGMI, UNPUBLISHED FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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