Chloride

The Chloride is a silver and gold 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: Chloride  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.72389, -118.60250

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Chloride MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chloride


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite


Comments

Comment (Location): SE 1/4

Comment (Production): REPORTED ASSAYS RANGE FROM $5 TO $250 OF WHICH MORE THAN HALF IS IN GOLD (1914)


References

Reference (Production): PARKS AND SWARTLEY (1914)

Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M. AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES VOL. 2, P. 5


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