Side Issue

The Side Issue is a gold and silver 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: Side Issue  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.71167, -118.77778

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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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 .


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