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Oregon · Grant County
Past Producer

New York

Grant County, Oregon, United States
Copper Arsenic Gold Silver
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Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Arsenic, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShear Zone

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 81 .OREGON, METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 97KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.36YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

Identification

Deposit ID10032979
MRDS IDM014814
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.84429, -118.40438
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.