Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Of Argillite And Granodiorite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Argillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated rockDiorite
StructureNe Trending Blue Mountains Uplift, E Trending Isoclinal Folds
Tectonic settingGeosynclinal
AlterationSelvage
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1880-1964
Identification
Deposit ID10069100
MRDS IDW002493
Alternate namesMonitor, Constitution
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.86485, -118.40994
References
KOCH, G.S., JR., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. INDUSTRIES BULL. 49, 49P.OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; NORTHEASTERN OREGON-WEST HALF: BULL. 14-B, 157 P.HEWETT, D. F., 1931, ZONAL RELATIONS OF THE LODES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: A.I.M.E. TRANSACTIONS 5: 305-346.BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY ANA G3 82 011901 RECON LINDGREN1914 RECON ORE, BU.MINES GEOL.: MIN RES. OF ORE. 1(8): 229 P.1941 ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: BULL. 14-B: 157 P.1959 ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: BULL. 49; 49 P.BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP. L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, P. 78