Haight Claim

The Haight Claim is a 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

Name: Haight Claim  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.37694, -118.91667

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Haight Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Haight Claim
Secondary: Quartz Gulch Mining Co.


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Not available


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
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ONE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIM ON THE NE SPUR OF CANYON MOUNTAIN ABOUT 1000 FEET BELOW THE GREAT NORTHERN MINE.

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF THE VEIN MATERIAL IS BARREN

Comment (Geology): SMALL, HIGH GRADE POCKETS APPARENTLY OCCUR WHERE VEINS CHANGE ATTITUDE OR INTERSECT.


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 26


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