The West Side is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.71361, -118.49917
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West Side MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Side
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF GREENHORN
Comment (Production): A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1914; RETURNS WERE $50 TO $75 PER TON.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 500-FT ADIT DRIFT AND A SHALLOW SHAFT. A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1914; RETURNS WERE $50 TO $75 PER TON.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN THE FORM OF BROKEN LENSES AND BLOCKS IN GREENSTONES, ARGILLITE, AND SERPENTINE ALL BADLY ALTERED AND STRUCTURALLY DISTURBED.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 96
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 120
Oregon Gold
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