La Belleview

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

Name: La Belleview  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

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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