The Royal White is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Royal White MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal White
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman 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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY ADIT CONTAINING 600 FT. OF DRIFT AND CROSS CUTS TO A DEPTH OF 95 FT. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SORTED ORE YIELDED $25 TO $28 PER TON DURING 1904 TO 1910 PERIOD.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN OFFSET BY CROSS-FAULT, VEIN FILLING IS ARGILLITE BRECCIA CEMENTED BY CHALCEDONY AND QUARTZ. ORE IS OXIDIZED
Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF GREENHORN
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SORTED ORE YIELDED $25 TO $28 PER TON DURING 1904 TO 1910 PERIOD.
Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT IS REPORTED FOR 1975 (PERKINS, 1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C. AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P 118 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , BULL 14-B, P. 91 .
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1916 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL. MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON. VOL 1 , NO 6 , P 115 .
Reference (Deposit): PERKINS, J.M., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN QUAD AND THE NW PORTION OF THE WHITNEY QUAD, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS. THESIS, P.88
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