The Tell Heart is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.54306, -118.69444
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Tell Heart MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tell Heart
Secondary: Early Bird
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hermandson, Russell H. Root, Henry F.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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): SHEAR ZONES IN ANDESITE WITH CLAY GOUGE AND WEATHERED PYRITE. PYRITE IN COUNTRY ROCK.
Comment (Geology): PERMIAN/TRIASSIC DIXIE BUTTE META-ANDESITE
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMANTS WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP CAVED LOWER ADIT ON STANDARD CK ROAD
Comment (Workings): ONE CAVED ADIT ON STANDARD CK ROAD, TWO MORE ABOVE LOWER ADIT, TWO CAVED SHAFTS (ONE LAGGED TO 12 FT DEPTH), ANOTHER CAVED ADIT BETWEEN COUGAR AND DIXIE CK ROADS. JUNK CAR HSK 373 OR 1988 ON CLAIM. CLAIMANTS WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OLD WORKINGS.; UNDERGROUND, CAT CUTS
References
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 (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.
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