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Tell Heart

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 10054736
MRDS ID OR07839
Record type Site
Current site name Tell Heart
Alternate or previous names Early Bird
Related records 10273965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69549, 44.54291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(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
12S 33E 11 SE OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69549, 44.54291
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERMIAN/TRIASSIC DIXIE BUTTE META-ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hermandson, Russell H. Root, Henry F.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CAVED ADIT ON STANDARD CK ROAD, TWO MORE ABOVE LOWER ADIT, TWO CAVED SHAFTS (ONE LAGGED TO 12 FT DEPTH), ANOTHER CAVED ADIT BETWEEN COUGAR AND DIXIE CK ROADS. JUNK CAR HSK 373 OR 1988 ON CLAIM. CLAIMANTS WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OLD WORKINGS.; UNDERGROUND, CAT CUTS

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

    BROOKS, FERNS, AND AVERY, 1984, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS MAP OF THE SW 1/4 BATES QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OR: DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., GEOL. MAP SERIES 35.

  • Deposit

    OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, QUARTZBURG AREA, PAGE 108-128.

  • Deposit

    SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, QUARTZBURG AREA, PAGE 194-199.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMANTS WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP CAVED LOWER ADIT ON STANDARD CK ROAD
Deposit SHEAR ZONES IN ANDESITE WITH CLAY GOUGE AND WEATHERED PYRITE. PYRITE IN COUNTRY ROCK.

Reporter information

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

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