The Little Giant is a copper and gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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
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Little Giant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Giant
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF SPRING CREEK
Comment (Production): NO RECORD. PROPERTY DISCOVERED IN 1898 , 20 STAMP MILL BUILT IN 1899 ; LITTLE ACTIVITY SINCE 1906 .
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES SHAFT 40 FEET DEEP AND 2 SHORT ADITS 1000 FEET APART. PROPERTY DISCOVERED IN 1898 , 20 STAMP MILL BUILT IN 1899 ; LITTLE ACTIVITY SINCE 1906 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AT LEAST ONE ANDESITE DIKE. ORE OCCURS AS ARGILLITE BRECCIA; ANGULAR FRAGMENTS LIE IN QUARTZ. LATTER SHOWS OPEN CAVITIES WITH BOTRYOIDAL CHALCEDONY.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.81
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61
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