Carbonate

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

Name: Carbonate  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

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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