Portland Consolidated Mine

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042791
MRDS ID M060820
Record type Site
Current site name Portland Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver King
Related records 10225272, 10225860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.61523, 44.73735 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 12 MILES NNW FROM BATES, OREGON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(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

Umatilla 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 034E 33 E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND GOUGE, IN SOME PLACES GOUGE IS 20 INCHES THICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMP MATERIAL 0.03 OZ AU, 3.2 OZ AG/TON, 3.1% PB, 0.2% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Vinegar Hill Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST IS DARK GRAY SILICEOUS ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charlie Sayko

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. NO. 39, P. 42-43

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.E., AND THAYER, T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON: USGS MISCEL. GEOL. INV. MAP I-447

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 14-B, P. 105

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, BULL 61 , P. 116 . & 5)MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

  • Production

    OME FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M015035 ) HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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