Tomkat 1

The Tomkat 1 is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,799 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: Tomkat 1  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.38722, -118.91778

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Tomkat 1 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tomkat 1
Secondary: This Placer Blankets Lode Claims Ormc 81552 Trouble On the South And
Secondary: Ormc 81553 Sample On the North.


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Lovejoy, Thomas And Kathleen


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): FULL SCALE TESTING/MINING OPERATION RUN BY CAMM-TEX INTERNATIONAL INC. WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF NEW EQUIPMENT. SHUT DOWN FOR THE WINTER OF 1990.

Comment (Geology): LANDSLIDE DEBLIS OVERLYING TERTIARY RATTLESNAKE FM OF FANGLOMERATE, SAND, GRAVEL, AND CLAY. BEDROCK OF TRIASSIC CANYON MTN SERPENTINITEWITH CHRYSOTILE STRINGERS.

Comment (Deposit): ONLY LARGE PLACER OPERATION IN GRANT COUNTY.

Comment (Deposit): 20 ACRES ON OLD MARYSVILLE TOWNSITE SUPPOSEDLY NEVER PLACERED. FLOUR GOLD DIFFICULT TO RECOVER AND BLACK SANDS PLUG RIFFLES.


References

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

Reference (Deposit): OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, CANYON AREA, PAGE 17-39.

Reference (Deposit): SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, CANYON AREA, PAGE 200-209.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

Reference (Other Database): BLM ORMC 112253


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