The Solid Foundation is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,419 feet.
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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: 4,419 Feet (1,347 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.37806, -118.92028
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Solid Foundation MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Solid Foundation
Secondary: Firm Foundation 1-4 These Lode Claims Overlap Ray Moles' Emmanuel
Secondary: Enterprises 14 Placer Claims At Marysville Placer Site
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Moles, Ray Emmanuel Enterprises
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: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Soil
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DUMP OF GREAT NORTHERN PATENTED PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): THREE TERRACES CUT INTO GREAT NORTHERN DUMP LOOKING FOR LOST ADIT. ALSO RAN SOME 5-GAL BUCKETS OF SOIL OVER CONCENTRATING TABLE WITH POSITIVE RESULTS.
Comment (Geology): TRIASSIC CANYON MTN COMPLEX OF GABBRO, PERIDOTITE, AND SERPENTINE
Comment (Deposit): THESE CLAIMS OVERLAP MERLE BROWN'S GOTCHA CLAIM ORMC 31013
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 72294-72297 72290-72293
Oregon Gold
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