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Greatest

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054707
MRDS ID OR07803
Record type Site
Current site name Greatest
Alternate or previous names Best, High Bar, Jake Blank, Better, Goodenough, Lots A Gold, Golden Gleam, Lucky Seven, Rich Bar, Golden Red, Golden Boy, Red Ledge 1, Red Ledge 2
Related records 10128896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.92439, 44.38207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14S 32E 06 W Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.92439, 44.38207
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY RATTLESNAKE FM FANGLOMERATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moles, Ray Emmanuel Enterprises

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMANT WOULD LIKE TO RUN BENCH SLOUGH THRU TROMMEL, RECOVER AU, AND SELL CLEANED AND SORTED TAILS. ONLY TESTING WITH NEW RECOVERY TABLE AT PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, CANYON AREA, PAGE 17-39.

  • Deposit

    SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, CANYON AREA, PAGE 200-209.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 71334-71345116281-11628

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD MARYSVILLE PLACER SITE. PAST HYDRAULIC MINING CONCENTRATED BLACK SANDS, PLATINUM, AND FINE GOLD IN OLD SETTLING POND AREA.
Deposit MARYSVILLE PLACER WAS MINED OUT OF MOST COARSE GOLD A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, BUT FINE GOLD REMAINING AND INCREASED METALS PRICES RENEWS INTERESTS

Reporter information

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

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