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Gold Prospect

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095342
MRDS ID M025536
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect
Related records 10201220

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66494, 44.56957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

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

Malheur 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
Willamette 011S 034E 31 CENTER Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66494, 44.56957
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN METAVOLCANICS AND ALTERED INTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.R., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY MS THESIS, P. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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