The Mitzi Twist is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,360 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: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.36306, -118.95528
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Mitzi Twist MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mitzi Twist
Secondary: Twist
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Vieira, Gerald
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HIGH BANK AND CREEK OF CANYON CREEK
Comment (Workings): WORKING STREAM BANK MATERIAL EXPOSED FROM 1870'S HYDRAULIC MINING. PRESENT SETTLING POND DOWN TO BED ROCK.
Comment (Geology): ALLUVIUM FROM CANYON CREEK AND COLLUVIUM FROM MOUNTAIN SIDES ON EITHER SIDE OF CANYON CREEK. CREEK CUTS THRU CANYON MTN COMPLEX OF GABBRO, SERPENTINE, DIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): PUMPS WATER DIRECTLY FROM CANYON CREEK. KEEPS HD5 ALLIS CHALMERS CRAWLER-TRACTOR AND SKIDDED SHED ON CLAIM.
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 19396
Oregon Gold
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