The Carbonate is a zinc, lead, arsenic, gold, and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
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: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.73, -118.60750
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Carbonate MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate
Secondary: Bright Carbonate
Secondary: Chloride
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest
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: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED ASSAYS RANGE FROM $5 TO $250, MORE OF HALF OF WHICH IS GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW1/4; AT BOULDER GAP
Comment (Production): SMALL SMELTER SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO 1916
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS, AMOUNT UNKNOWN. SMALL SMELTER SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO 1916
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SMALL VEINS IN COUNTRY ROCK, WHICH HAS BEEN BLEACHED BY DEVELOPMENT OF SERICITE AND CALCITE STAINED GREEN WITH CHROMIUM MICA.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS IN GRANODIORITE CLOSE TO A CONTACT WITH SERPENTINITE AND PALEOZOIC CHERT AND ARGILLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 111 .
Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
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