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Paymmaster Group

Occurrence 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036635
MRDS ID M025516
Record type Site
Current site name Paymmaster Group
Related records 10135623

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47077, 44.74707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554

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 009S 035E 35 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON NEVADA GULCH NEAR THE ORO FINO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.47077, 44.74707
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz, Calcite

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS IN SHEARED METAGABBRO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT A 150 FT CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, ODGMI MAPPING IN PROGRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 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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