The Tiger is a arsenic, gold, silver, copper, antimony, and zinc 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Arsenic, Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.7225, -118.58528
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Tiger MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tiger
Secondary: Leo Pard
Secondary: Elk
Secondary: Oro Fino
Secondary: Oro Grande
Secondary: Spring
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
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: Umatilla National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDES MAKE UP 5 % OF VEIN MATERIAL . A SAMPLE OF THE SULFIDE ORE CONTAINED 0.38 OZ/TON AU AND 4.00 OZ/TON AG (ALLEN, 1948)
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): A MILE AND A HALF WEST OF THE BIMETALLIC 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NORTH TRENDING VEIN IN GRANODIORITE CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES. DIP OF VEIN IS ALMOST VERTICAL
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 94 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 119 .
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P.37
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