The Robinsonville Prospects is a gold, silver, and lead 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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Robinsonville Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Robinsonville Prospects
Secondary: Aurdra
Secondary: Junebug
Secondary: Ophir
Secondary: Eureka
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTS INCLUDE A LARGE NUMBER OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PITS.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSITS SEEM TO BE POCKET VEINS, MANY SMALL, HIGH-GRADE QUARTZ CHIMNEYS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE FLAT ON WHICH ROBINSONVILLE WAS SITUATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO.22, P.696
Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D. 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV MS. THESIS
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