The New York is a copper, arsenic, gold, and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Arsenic, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.84444, -118.40333
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New York MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. A. Bowes And Associates
Home Office: Steamboat Springs, Co.
Years: 1969 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE IS TOO FINELY DIVIDED TO YIELD GOLD IN A PAN. (SEE PRODUCTION COMMENTS.)
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, OPPOSITE OLD COUGAR INDEPENDENCE CAMP, 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE.
Comment (Commodity): PROVEN ORE RESERVES OF AT LEAST 5000 TONS, MAYBE MORE IN OXIDIZED ZONE.
Comment (Production): MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1941. ORE CYANIDED. MORE THAN 1000 TONS TREATED. MILLHEADS AVERAGED $8.00 PER TON.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 5 ADITS TOTALLING 900 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE IN 1976 BY W.A. BOWES & ASSOC. MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1937-1941. ORE CYANIDED. MORE THAN 1000 TONS TREATED. MILLHEADS AVERAGED $8.00 PER TON
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS CONSISTING OF SILICIFIED ARGILLITE BRECCIA AND GOUGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 81 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON, METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 97
Reference (Deposit): KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.36
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
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