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Intermountain

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033143
MRDS ID M015102
Record type Site
Current site name Intermountain
Alternate or previous names Snarr
Related records 10225626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54161, 44.72624 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 06 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, HALF A MILE NORTH OF BI METALLIC. MAY BE EXTENTION OF BI METALLIC VEIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.54161, 44.72624
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Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 78 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1938 . ONE CAR OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1940 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN. 78 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1938 . ONE CAR OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1940 .

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M015102
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410230087

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 113

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.79

  • Deposit

    MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries