New York

The New York is a copper, arsenic, gold, and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

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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

Name: New York  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Arsenic, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.84444, -118.40333

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New York MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: New York


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: W. A. Bowes And Associates
Home Office: Steamboat Springs, Co.
Years: 1969 -


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: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE IS TOO FINELY DIVIDED TO YIELD GOLD IN A PAN. (SEE PRODUCTION COMMENTS.)


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): NE 1/4, OPPOSITE OLD COUGAR INDEPENDENCE CAMP, 2 1/2 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE.

Comment (Commodity): PROVEN ORE RESERVES OF AT LEAST 5000 TONS, MAYBE MORE IN OXIDIZED ZONE.

Comment (Production): MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1941. ORE CYANIDED. MORE THAN 1000 TONS TREATED. MILLHEADS AVERAGED $8.00 PER TON.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 5 ADITS TOTALLING 900 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 1000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE IN 1976 BY W.A. BOWES & ASSOC. MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1937-1941. ORE CYANIDED. MORE THAN 1000 TONS TREATED. MILLHEADS AVERAGED $8.00 PER TON

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS CONSISTING OF SILICIFIED ARGILLITE BRECCIA AND GOUGE.


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 81 .

Reference (Deposit): OREGON, METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 97

Reference (Deposit): KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.36

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS


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