The Quick Action is a silver 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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Quick Action MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quick Action
Secondary: Ornament
Secondary: Deer Slayer
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGES ABOUT $20 . OCCASIONAL POCKETS RUN AS HIGH AS $300
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS LOCATED NEAR A CONTACT, WHERE GRANODIORITE FORMS FOOTWALL AND ARGILLITE AND LIMESTONE THE HANGING WALL. IT IS A FAULT CONTACT FOR ONLY PART OF THE VEIN.
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE MADE PRIOR TO 1916.
Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS; VEIN WIDTH AVERAGES 24 INCHES.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 3 DRIFTS TOTALLING 700 FEET. SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE MADE PRIOR TO 1916.
Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF GRANITE BOULDER CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 116 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 88 .
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