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Quartz Mtn Property

Plant in Lake 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153848
MRDS ID OR06501
MAS/MILS ID 0410370035
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Mtn Property
Alternate or previous names Quartz Mtn, Quartz Mountain Property, Fremont
Related records 10053576

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.80328, 42.32205 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 016 E 34 E2E2NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Pyroclastic ejecta of basaltic cinder cones
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1986
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Leach-Solvent-Extract-Precipitation

Mining district

District name Quartz Mountain

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Quartz Mountain Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Quartz Mountain Gold Corp.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1992
    First year 1992
    Last year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pegasus Gold Inc
    Interest 50
    Home office Washington
    Year 1992
    First year 1992
    Last year 1994
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wavecrest Resources, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • PEGASUS GOLD INC TERMINATED JV IN DEC OF 1994. QUARTZ MOUNTAIN GOLD CORP ENTERED INTO LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH NEWMONT EXPLORATION IN AUG 1995: (SEE AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK REFERENCE IN BIBL.).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 45359000mt ore
    Total resources 45359000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.03 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Total resources 90718474mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.857 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Indicated 22679619mt ore
    Demonstrated 22679619mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.029 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE RANGE FROM 500,000 TO 1,150,000 CONTAINED T OZ AU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOKS, 1996, P198, 1997, P228.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P296.

  • Deposit

    EPLER, B, 1987, OREGON GOLD RESERVES GETTING BIGGER AND

  • Deposit

    BETTER SAY PARTNERS: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT (BISBEE,

  • Deposit

    AZ), P. 16A.

  • Deposit

    WALENGA, K, 1988, PRODUCTION DECISION IS EXPECTED SOON AT

  • Deposit

    QUARTZ MOUNTAIN: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PAY DIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

  • Deposit

    P. 3A-4A.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P296.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P198, 1997, P228.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 19-0065.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IF PERMITTING GOES WELL, HEAP LEACH AND MILLING OPERATION COULD BEGIN DEVELOPMENT WORK IN EARLY 1993 (87,500 OZ/YR OPER.). AS OF 1996 PROPERTY WAS STILL ON A STANDBY (TEMP SHUTDOWN) STATUS. ALSO USGS ID OR06502, AND LOCATED IN SEC 35 AS WELL AS SEC 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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