The Greenstone 1-3 is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,598 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
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.945, -118.28917
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Greenstone 1-3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Greenstone 1-3
Secondary: Greenstone 4-20
Secondary: Buckhorn 1-4
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennedy, Wilfred D.
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: 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): FLOUR GOLD IN THE N FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER
Comment (Workings): NO EVIDENCE OF MINING BETWEEN WRIGHTMAN BRIDGE AND CONFLUENCE OF NORTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF JOHN DAY RIVER. AT CONFLUENCE, HIGH INSIDE-BEND OF GRAVEL BAR APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WORKED IN THE PAST.
Comment (Geology): TERTIARY COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT
Comment (Deposit): DIRT ROAD FROM CONFLUENCE CAN BE TAKEN TO MONUMENT.
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): 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 94073-74 94154 96767-87
Oregon Gold
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