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Waterman 1-10

Past Producer in Wheeler 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054610
MRDS ID OR07682
Record type Site
Current site name Waterman 1-10
Related records 10201732

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.78192, 44.44317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(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 Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
13S 24E 12 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.78192, 44.44317
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Older Greenstones, Argillites, And Serpentine Intruded By Granodiorite Leaving Quartz Veins And Silicified Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • WINDOW OF PALEOZIC ARGILLITE, ALTERED VOLCANICES AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITH CRETACEOUS SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATES SURROUNDED BY COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spanish Gulch

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spanish Gulch Gold Placers, Ltd (Asarco)

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO RECENT RECLAIMED DRILL SITES ON WATERMAN 6, TWO ADITS WITH BATS, AND HAND STACKED PLACER TALLINGS. ANDREWS MINE HAS THREE OLDER DRILL HOLES, CAVED SHAFT AND COLLAPSED HEADFRAME, COLLAPSING TWO-STAMP MILL, AND CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P.. 1966, GELOLOGYIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRAGLE, NE OR: USGS , MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61,,PAGE 161.

  • Deposit

    SWARTLEY, A.M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OREGON: OREGON BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 1, NO. 8, P .208.

  • Deposit

    SWARTLE AND PARKS, 1916, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON: V. 2, OREGON BUREAU MINES AND GELOGY, P. 296.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MTNS, OF OREGON: SSND ANNUAL REPORT USGS, PART 2, P. 719.

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 25092-25101

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX OLD SHACKS PLUS TRASH, CAR BODIES,TRUCK, METAL SLUICE BOXES, BELT ROLLERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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