Quick Action

The Quick Action is a silver and 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: Quick Action  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.71222, -118.58944

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Quick Action MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Quick Action
Secondary: Ornament
Secondary: Deer Slayer


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGES ABOUT $20 . OCCASIONAL POCKETS RUN AS HIGH AS $300


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS LOCATED NEAR A CONTACT, WHERE GRANODIORITE FORMS FOOTWALL AND ARGILLITE AND LIMESTONE THE HANGING WALL. IT IS A FAULT CONTACT FOR ONLY PART OF THE VEIN.

Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE MADE PRIOR TO 1916.

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS; VEIN WIDTH AVERAGES 24 INCHES.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 3 DRIFTS TOTALLING 700 FEET. SMALL SHIPMENTS OF LOW-GRADE ORE MADE PRIOR TO 1916.

Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF GRANITE BOULDER CREEK


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 116 .

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 88 .


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