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Quick Action

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109363
MRDS ID M015056
Record type Site
Current site name Quick Action
Alternate or previous names Ornament, Deer Slayer
Related records 10274120

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.59049, 44.71207 (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)

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 034E 11 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF GRANITE BOULDER CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES ABOUT $20 . OCCASIONAL POCKETS RUN AS HIGH AS $300

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.59049, 44.71207
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS LOCATED NEAR A CONTACT, WHERE GRANODIORITE FORMS FOOTWALL AND ARGILLITE AND LIMESTONE THE HANGING WALL. IT IS A FAULT CONTACT FOR ONLY PART OF THE VEIN.

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

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE MADE PRIOR TO 1916.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 DRIFTS TOTALLING 700 FEET. SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE MADE PRIOR TO 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 116 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 88 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS; VEIN WIDTH AVERAGES 24 INCHES.

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

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