Muddy Duck

The Muddy Duck is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,400 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: Muddy Duck  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.53333, -118.69611

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Muddy Duck MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Muddy Duck


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Rhodes, Edward And Kightlinger, Bruce


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): CREEK BOTTOM PLACER

Comment (Workings): JEWELRY GOLD RECOVERED FROM DIXIE CREEK WITH SMALL SUCTION DREDGE

Comment (Geology): DIXIE BUTTE META-ANDESITE, BASALT, AND SILICIC FLOWS ALTERED TO GREEN SCHIST FACIES.

Comment (Deposit): OCCUPANCY TRESPASS. TWO BUSES, ONE TRAILER, SEVERAL MOTORCYCLES, TWO PRIVIES, TWO SHOWERS, FISH POND.


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): BROOKS, FERNS, AND AVERY, 1984, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS MAP OF THE SW 1/4 BATES QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OR: DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., GEOL. MAP SERIES 35.

Reference (Deposit): OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, QUARTZBURG AREA, PAGE 108-128.

Reference (Deposit): SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, QUARTZBURG AREA, PAGE 194-199.

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 45209


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