The Canyon Mountain Mine is a gold 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
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Canyon Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Canyon Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME SPECIMENS PRODUCED $3 TO $5 PER TON IN FREE MILLING GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 1 TUNNEL 500 FEET LONG.IN FALL OF 1914 A 10 - STAMP MILL (BUILD DURING THE SUMMER) WAS OPERATED FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT RESULTS WERE DISAPPOINTING.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THERE IS A PERSISTANT LEDGE A FEW FEET IN WIDTH WITH SMALL STRINGERS ROUGHLY PARALLEL APPROACHING THE MAIN LEDGE AT AN ANGLE OF 45 DEG; RICH SPECIMENS FREQUENTLY FOUND.
Comment (Location): 1 1/4 MILES SE OF CANYON CITY
Comment (Production): IN FALL OF 1914 A 10 - STAMP MILL (BUILD DURING THE SUMMER) WAS OPERATED FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT RESULTS WERE DISAPPOINTING.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 20 .
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H. M., AND SWARTLEY, A. M., 1916 , OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2 , NO. 4 . P. 50 - 51 , 112 .
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