Rabbit

The Rabbit 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: Rabbit  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.71194, -118.47583

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Rabbit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rabbit
Secondary: Dixon & Keyton


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman 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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 750 TO 760 FINE
Analytical Data: GOLD 90 % FREE


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): DISCOVERED IN 1925; SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $40,000 PRIOR TO 1940 WITH FIVE-STAMP MILL.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 1000 FEET OF TUNNELS AND A 160-FOOT SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFT LEVELS. DISCOVERED IN 1925; SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $40,000 PRIOR TO 1940 WITH FIVE-STAMP MILL.

Comment (Location): SE 1/4, TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENHORN

Comment (Geology): WORKINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE IN THE OLDER GABBROIC COMPLEX. ; GEOL.DESC: VEIN LIES BETWEEN HANGING WALL OF DIORITE AND FOOTWALL OF GRANITE.

Comment (Deposit): LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE


References

Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, J.M., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN QUAD. AND NW PORTION OF THE WHITNEY QUAD., UNIV. OREGON MS. THESIS, P. 88.

Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON, OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 116 .

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 89


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