The Great Northern Mine 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
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Great Northern Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Northern 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: Diabase
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMALL POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE GOLD
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS; STRIKE N-S, DIP 25 W; STRIKE E-W, DIP 35 S.
Comment (Location): N 1/2, ON CANYON MOUNTAIN 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANYON CITY AND ABOUT 1500 FEET ABOVE THE TOWN.
Comment (Production): $30,000 FROM A POCKET IN 1898.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND SHORT ADITS. $30,000 FROM A POCKET IN 1898.
Comment (Geology): PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED GABBRO IS CUT BY CALCITE SEAMS, SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN WIRE GOLD. THE QUARTZ VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE AND GENERALLY LOW VALUES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 715
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 146 .
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