The Side Issue is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Side Issue MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Side Issue
Secondary: Black Hawk
Secondary: More Or Less
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Susanville
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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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: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 130 FT. INCLINE SHAFT AND 105 FT. OF TUNNEL FROM 1926 - 1930 , 100 SACKS OF SHIPPING ORE WERE SORTED, AND SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED $150 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ STRINGER AND GOUGE VARYING IN WIDTH FROM 4 TO 20 INCHES.
Comment (Production): FROM 1926 - 1930 , 100 SACKS OF SHIPPING ORE WERE SORTED, AND SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED $150 .
Comment (Location): EAST OF HOMESTAKE GROUP ON SE SIDE OF ELK CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 123 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14-B, P. 138 .
Oregon Gold
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