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Little Giant

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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 10098334
MRDS ID M015099
Record type Site
Current site name Little Giant
Related records 10298880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51633, 44.72902 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(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

Umatilla 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 010S 035E 04 W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SPRING CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51633, 44.72902
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AT LEAST ONE ANDESITE DIKE. ORE OCCURS AS ARGILLITE BRECCIA; ANGULAR FRAGMENTS LIE IN QUARTZ. LATTER SHOWS OPEN CAVITIES WITH BOTRYOIDAL CHALCEDONY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD. PROPERTY DISCOVERED IN 1898 , 20 STAMP MILL BUILT IN 1899 ; LITTLE ACTIVITY SINCE 1906 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES SHAFT 40 FEET DEEP AND 2 SHORT ADITS 1000 FEET APART. PROPERTY DISCOVERED IN 1898 , 20 STAMP MILL BUILT IN 1899 ; LITTLE ACTIVITY SINCE 1906 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.81

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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