The New Deal is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.54306, -118.70278
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New Deal MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Deal
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kircher, David L.
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: 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): PASSED BLM VALIDITY EXAM IN 1958 WITH $109.19/TON CHANNEL SAMPLE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS OFFSET S EXTENSION OF PRESENT NEED ORMC 22407 VEIN AND CHARACTERIZED BY TWO PARALLEL ZONES: ONE IS GOLD-IRON THE OTHER GOLD-COPPER.
Comment (Workings): 125 FT ADIT, PORTAL CAVED. HAS RAIL AND THREE ORE CARS, ONE OVER THE DUMP.
Comment (Geology): TRIASSIC/ PERMIAN DIXIE BUTTE META-ANDESITE INTRUDED BY DIORITE DIKES.
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 (Other Database): BLM ORMC 2757
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.
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