The La Belleview is a gold, lead, copper, 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: Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.89083, -118.34861
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La Belleview MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Belleview
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1940
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.17oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: In Area Of Highly Metamorphosed Argillite
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: AND 0.01 % SB
Analytical Data: 0.43 % AS
Analytical Data: 0.15 % ZN
Analytical Data: 0.03 % PB
Analytical Data: 0.02 % CU
Analytical Data: 1.14 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: TEN DUMP SAMPLES TAKEN BY YOUNG (1979) GIVE AN ARITHMATIC AVERAGE OF 0.05 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): VALUES WERE HIGHEST AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO ORE SHOOTS
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $500,000 . 1939 - 1941 OPERATIONS UTILIZED 50 TONS-PER-DAY FLOTATION PLANT.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS; TOTAL ABOUT 6000 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $500,000 . 1939 - 1941 OPERATIONS UTILIZED 50 TONS-PER-DAY FLOTATION PLANT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS COMPRISED MAINLY OF CRUSHED ROCKS WITH SEAMS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ CONTAINING SULFIDES.
Comment (Location): ON ONION CREEK ABOUT 10 MILES BY ROAD NORTHEAST OF GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.65, 79
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 52
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS THESIS
Reference (Production): CALCULATED FROM PRODUCTION FIGURES IN ODGMI BULL. 61
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