The Byram Gulch is a rhodium, platinum, and palladium 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium
Lat, Long: 44.35111, -118.93861
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Byram Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Byram Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Rhodium
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Palladium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon City District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.01 PPM RH
Analytical Data: 0.2 PPM PD
Analytical Data: MAGNETIC FRACTION OF PANNED CONCENTRATE: 0.3 PPM PT
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST WEST OF STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG BYRAM GULCH WHERE A TRIBUTARY ENTERS MAIN CREEK
Comment (Commodity): GOLD WAS NOT REPORTED AT THIS LOCATION
Comment (Geology): PGE ARE IN STREAMS THAT DRAIN PERIDOTITE AND GABBRO. OCCURRENCE IS NEAR A MAGNESITE DEPOSIT FORMED FROM ALTERATION OF PERIDOTITE
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T.P., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 50
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