Golden West

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10054724
MRDS ID OR07826
Record type Site
Current site name Golden West
Related records 10249733

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.9305, 44.36568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Mountain(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 07 SW OF SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.9305, 44.36568

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRIASSIC CANYON MOUNTAIN COMPLEX OF GABBRO, PERIDOTITE, AND SERPENTINITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spahn, Rosella M. And Sand, Lewis

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS ADITS, SOME WELL MAINTAINED, GATED AND LOCKED, PITS, TRENCHES, AND COLLAPSING CABINS.

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 25731

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CLAIM MENTIONED BY LINDGREN, 1901, P. 715, AND SWARTLEY, 1914, P. 204.
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS IN POCKETS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references