Molly Gibson

The Molly Gibson is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Molly Gibson  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.86694, -118.24944

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Molly Gibson MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Molly Gibson


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cable Cove


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


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: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite


Comments

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN ADIT DRIVEN ON VEIN 300-400 FEET LONG WITH RAISES AND SURFACE OPENINGS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS CRUSHED AND CHLORITIZED GRANODIORITE

Comment (Location): 15 MILES FROM SUMPTER

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS FOUND IN NARROW LENSES


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , BULL 14 - B, P. 17 .

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19


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