Magnolia

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Arsenic, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109353
MRDS ID M014810
Record type Site
Current site name Magnolia
Related records 10274501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40327, 44.85874 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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 008S 035E 22 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, IN LUCAS GULCH ABOUT 3 1/2 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWELVE DUMP SAMPLES TAKEN BY YOUNG (1979) HAVE AN ARITHMATIC AVERAGE OF 0.38 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.08 OZ/TON
Result 0.008 % CU
Result 0.24 % PB
Result 0.30 % ZN AND 0.53 % AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • 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) -118.40327, 44.85874

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN CONSISTS OF SOFT, ALTERED ARGILLITE WITH LENSES AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND HIGHLY SILICIFIED ARGILLITE BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TEN-STAMP MILL ERECTED IN 1899; ORE AVERAGED LESS THAN $10 PER TON. GOLD 15 TO 20 PERCENT FREE.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 TUNNELS TOTALLING 1430 FEET. TEN-STAMP MILL ERECTED IN 1899; ORE AVERAGED LESS THAN $10 PER TON. GOLD 15 TO 20 PERCENT FREE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.80

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 53 .

  • Deposit

    KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.35

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references