The Dixie Meadows is a zinc, silver, gold, arsenic, copper, and lead 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.60194, -118.69667
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Dixie Meadows MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Meadows
Secondary: Intermediate
Secondary: Blacksmith
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Quartzburg
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brazos Petroleum Corp
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
Analytical Data: LITTLE FREE GOLD
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE ORE
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL SAID TO BE LESS THAN $100,000
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2 ADITS AND 7200 FEET OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND RAISES. TOTAL SAID TO BE LESS THAN $100,000
Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEAD OF RUBY CREEK JUST NORTH OF THE DIXIE CREEK DIVIDE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE ONLY SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED AT SURFACE
Comment (Geology): COMPLEX OF GREENSTONE, META-ANDESITE, TUFF, METADIORITE AND SERPENTINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 114 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 151 .
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 85
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