Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlBreccia Zones Between Altered Hornblende Porphyry Dike And Country Rock Consisting Of Various Facies Of Igneous Rocks, Schist, And Altered Ultramafic Rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;;
Associated rockDiorite
StructureNe Alinement Of Granite Intrusives, Ne And Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
AlterationActinolite, Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1901
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10069096
MRDS IDW002486
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.42597, -117.56241
References
SWARTLY, A.M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON 1(8): 306 P.GILLULLY, J., ETAL, 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 1-40.OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY ABD MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; NORTHEASTERN OREGON, EAST HALF: BULLETIN 14-A, 125 P.BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: O.D.G.M.I. BULL. 61& 5) WOLFF, E. N., 1965 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, UNIV. OREGON PHD OR1914 RECON ORE. BU. MINES AND GEOL.: REF. 11929 RECON J. GILLULLY ETAL: BULL. 846-A1939 RECON ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: REF. 31968 COMPILE ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: REF. 4BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, P. 129