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Greenstone 1-3

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054730
MRDS ID OR07833
Record type Site
Current site name Greenstone 1-3
Alternate or previous names Greenstone 4-20, Buckhorn 1-4
Related records 10152728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.29022, 44.94485 (WGS84)
Elevation 792

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crawfish Lake(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
07S 29E 07 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.29022, 44.94485
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennedy, Wilfred D.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO EVIDENCE OF MINING BETWEEN WRIGHTMAN BRIDGE AND CONFLUENCE OF NORTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF JOHN DAY RIVER. AT CONFLUENCE, HIGH INSIDE-BEND OF GRAVEL BAR APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WORKED IN THE PAST.

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

    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 94073-74 94154 96767-87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIRT ROAD FROM CONFLUENCE CAN BE TAKEN TO MONUMENT.
Deposit FLOUR GOLD IN THE N FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER

Reporter information

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

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