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Vincent Creek Gold & Copper Co.

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109351
MRDS ID M014794
Record type Site
Current site name Vincent Creek Gold & Copper Co.
Related records 10135360, 10273943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53883, 44.67318 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF AUSTIN

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)

Middle Fork 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 010S 035E 30 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 6 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Spilite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 95

  • Deposit

    WHEELER, G.R., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE VINEGAR HILL AREA, GRANT CO., OREGON; UNIV. WASHINGTON PHD. DISSERTATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE; ORE OCCURRENCE SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF LISTEN LAKE MINE, GREENHORN DISTRICT, OREGON.

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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