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Gold Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036562
MRDS ID M025428
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mine
Related records 10128584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33855, 44.78318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(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 009S 036E 07 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33855, 44.78318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Cut In Old Gravels

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT ONE HALF ACRE MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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