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Limestone from
Myrtle Mine, Susanville Mining District (Comer Mining District), Grant County, Oregon, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Limestone
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limestone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Myrtle Mine, Susanville Mining District (Comer Mining District), Grant County, Oregon, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1056355
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1056355:3
GUID (UUID V4):dcdbf9cd-8221-473b-bc45-787df091f061
Nearest other occurrences of Limestone
41.9km (26.0 miles) Lazy Jim Mine, Sumpter, Baker County, Oregon, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) Golden Chariot Mining & Milling occurrence (Tri-State Mining & Milling), Sumpter, Baker County, Oregon, USA
55.4km (34.4 miles) Marble Creek Quarry (Chemical Lime), Baker County, Oregon, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) Thomason and Schwayder (Lucky Boy; Showdown), Unity Mining District, Baker County, Oregon, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) Sorbeck Occurrence, Baker Mining District (Pocahontas Mining District), Baker County, Oregon, USA
98.0km (60.9 miles) Ora Marmo Occurrence, Malheur Mining District (Mormon Basin Mining District), Malheur County, Oregon, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY OF OREGON. WARREN DUPRE SMITH AND EARL L. PACKARD University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon INTRODUCTION...purporting to sum up the known geology the whole of Oregon has yet been published. of Even now the time...workers. A few scattered references to the geology of Oregon in the earliest reports of various kinds are mainly...problems of Oregon geology. Dr. Thomas Condon, formerly a missionary, who came to Oregon in 1852, and...pioneer geologist of this state. His popular book on Oregon Geology and his collections, the first to be made
Journal (issue)
October 1955 THE ORE.-BIN 71 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: Capitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Office:s...**** LIST OF ACTIVE MINES IN OREGON 1955 Interest in mining in Oregon is evidenced by the many requests...Department receives asking for names of active mining properties. The following is a revision of the...Curry County Sec. 36 T. 40 S., R. 11 W. Bowers Mill Dana W. Bowers Medford, Ore. Josephine County Sec
Journal (issue)
OREGON GEOLOGY published by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral IndustrJes MAY 1992 VOLUME...exploration and development in Oregon , 1991 Mining and exploration in Oregon during 1991 Green apophyllite... and quartz in Polk County Summary of 1992 activities of the Department OREGON GEOLOGY (ISSN 0164-3304)...Murch, May, July. September, and November by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (Volume~...Stephens ..... Jacqueline G. Haggerty-Foster . Myrtle Creek . . . Portland . . Pendleton State Geologist
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OREGON GEOLOGY published by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries VOLUME 53, NUMBER...to central Oregon , Part 1 Oil and gas exploration and development in Oregon, 1990 Mining and exploration...exploration in Oregon during 1990 Current mineral exploration activity ." MAY 1991 OREGON GEOLOGY (ISSN...March, M.ay, Jul). September, and Novemberby the Oregon Department of Geolog) and MIneral Industnes. (Volumes...Associate Editor . . . . . . . . Baker City . Myrtle Creek . . . Portland . Donald A. Hull John D. Beaulieu
Journal (issue)
1957 THE 0 RE . - BIN 67 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...Employment in mineral industries subject to the Oregon Unemployment Compensation Law now totals 8,201...State. The many natural advantages avai lable in Oregon make it attractive to industries of this type and...are produced in Oregon, and 112 mills and smelters are in operation currently. Gold mining, long a major
Journal (issue)
OREGON GEOLOGY published by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries VOLUME 51, NUMBER...NUMBER 6 NOVEMBER 1989 OIL AND GAS NEWS OREGON GEOLOGY Drilling activity at Mist (ISSN 0164-3304) VOLUME...March, May. July. September. and November by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. (Volumes...Johnson, Chair . . . . Baker Rooald K. Culbertson Myrtle Creek Donald A. Haagensen . . . . Portland State...SupeIVisor. Second class postage paid at Portland, Oregon. Subscription rates: I year, $6; 3 years, $15.
Journal (issue)
OREGON GEOLOGY published by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries SEPTE MBER 1994 ...Bornite breccia pipe in Marion County, p. 99 No Name Coves in Josephine County, p . loa Loma Prieta earthquake...up! OREGON GEOLOGY As you read this, you may realize that the delivery of this issue of Oregon Geology...Maid!. May, July, Sqrtember, am. November by the Oregon Dcpal1mcnt of Geology and Mineral lndustriC$, (Volwnes...Stephens . . . . . Jacqueline G. Haggerty-Foster . . Myrtle Creek . . . . Portland Weston Mountain State Geologist
Journal (issue)
PRODUCTION INCREASES SHARPLY By Ralph S. Mason* Oregon mi neral production for 1963, spurred on by a more...alltime high with an estimated total of $57,400,000. Oregon led all of the neighboring states in the rate of...total dollar value of all minerals produced in Oregon in 1963. The rapidly growing importance of these...and gravel, these same areas must * Mining Engineer, State of Oregon Dept. Geology & Mineral Industries...of several critical community areas in western Oregon. Identification of potential and existing sources
Journal (issue)
Street Baker * * * * * THE ORE.-BIN 43 STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES Head...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...and gas investigations and operations, and placer mining. Two House Joint Memorials were acted on: HJM 11...Government to encourage the development of the mining industry, passed, while HJM 12, memorializing Congress...Legislative Fiscal Committee, 313 State Capitol, Salem, Oregon. Legislation in regard to leasing of Oregon's offshore
Report (volume)
Districts in the Klamath Mountains, California and Oregon By PRESTON E. HOTZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Gulch-Deadwood district _______________ Whiskeytown district ______________________ Shasta-Redding district _____________________...Dog Creek (Delta) district __________________ Bully Choop (Indian Creek) district _______________ Harrison...Harrison Gulch district ______________________ Hayfork district ___________________________ Minersville...Minersville district __________________________ Trinity Center district ________________________ Canyon Creek-East
Report (volume)
DIBECTOR BULLETIN 556 RESULTS OF SPIRIT LEVELING OREGON 1896 TO 1913, INCLUSIVE R. B. MARSHALL, CHIEF...Drain, Eugene, Grants Pass, Halsey, Mount Angel, Oregon City, Portland, Riddles, Roseburg, Salem, and Shelburn...(Malheur County).. Baker City, Caviness, Pine, Sumpter, and Susanville quadrangles (Baker Grant, and Union........................... Cazadero, Mount Hood, Oregon City, Reedville, Stevenson, and Troutdale quadrangles.... Portland quadrangle (Oreg.-Wash.) (Multnomah County)................. Albany, Aumsville, Brownsville
Journal (issue)
THE RELOCATION OF GEOLOGIC LOCALES IN ASTORIA, OREGON* By Betty Rae Dodds The growth of the City of Astoria...which was formed to estimate the capacities of the Oregon Country, collected the first Miocene fossils found...native Astorian, a graduate of the University of Oregon, and wife of Kenneth Dodds, geologist, whose thesis...piece of research. *Paper presented at the 1960 Oregon Academy of Science meeting in Eugene. 113 locales...of the Columbia a short distance above Astoria, Oregon." The date of Dr. Evans' visit was 1851 and the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
about 35 miles northwest of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is...000 ft. Slate Mt., where we camp, has a lot of limestone outcroppings but most of the area is covered with...in California recently I visited the Los Angeles County Museum in Los Angeles to see the famous collection...in Los Angeles can walk across the lawn to the County Museum for another thrill—the display of some of...weekends. "At a mine east of Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the end of Lake County, I found a specimen
Report (issue)
described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted...Report 36-79, 23 p. A2 (Acme Cr.) Gold Koyukuk district MF-469, loc. 42 Wiseman (18.65, 8.85) 67°29'N...present creek channel. (Agnes Cr.) Gold Koyukuk district Wiseman (11.3, 8.7) approx. 67°29'N, 151°20'W...some placer gold mining in "early days" of district. (Alien R.) Copper Koyukuk district MF-469, loc. 9...(Archibald Gulch) (Cr.) Antimony, Gold Koyukuk district MF-469, loc. 42 Wiseman (18.7-18.75, 8.85) 67°29'N
Report (volume)
........................ 5 5 Distribution of mining districts...................................................................................... Oregon........................................'................................. PART II. Catalogue of mining districts, by J. M. Hill..................................................... Classification of mining districts........................................j.............................................. Oregon...............................................
Book
volume is dedicated is four-fold: (1) To locate by mine, deposit, or community those mineralized areas of...Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne Co. Sphalerite ARIZONA COVEI.I.ITE...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE
Book (edition)
HEBER R,ADCLlFFE LS39 LeRoy Street Klamath Falls. Oregon 9760 L \\ GEOLOGY OF O REGO N by Ewart M . Baldwin...of Oregon 2nd Edition Distributed by University of Oregon Cooperative Book Store Eugene, Oregon • •...~ \· ~ +-' (l) ;:l ILLUSTRATIONS Cover. Oregon scene showing volcanism and a primitive member...5. 36. 37. 3 8. 39. 40. Page Landform map of Oregon . . . . . . Geologic time scale ..... . Geologic...life forms Physiographic divisions of Oregon Summary of Oregon geologic events Generalized mineral locality
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia .................................................................................. Oregon. ................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Report (volume)
which lies chiefly in the States of Washington, Oregon, and California, a section 1,300 miles in length...120 miles, or about halfway across the State of Oregon. Between its head and the north end of the Great...Mountains, stretching along the coast of Washington and Oregon for 350 miles, is a comparatively low range which...situated range in California, may be called the Oregon Coast Range. This consists chiefly of rather soft...fractured, and faulted. South of the Oregon Coast Range, partly in Oregon but chiefly in California, are the
Report (volume)
it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...specimens. Some mineral aggregates, as clay, granite, limestone, sand, and sandstone, are included, because they...Oberlb Oklahoma........Prof. D. W. Ohern, Norman. Oregon............Prof. A. J. Collier, Eugene. Pennsylvania
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gold Mineralization in the Northern Cariboo Gold District, British Columbia, Canada, Through Integration...occurrences and historical placer mining. The northern Cariboo Gold District in east-central British Columbia...information available from both placer and lode gold mining. Compositional analysis of 533 gold grains from...placer localities from throughout the Cariboo Gold District has identified four main compositional types in...study was carried out on an important placer gold district in Canada, where at least some of the likely hypogene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcite and fluorite. Rock formation is Madison limestone."— item dated May 1, I960, from John L. Deney...cavity of gray limestone. Purple fluorite xls with xled pale pinkish dolomite on gray limestone. Pale brown...crust of purple fluorite coating face of gray limestone. ALASKA—We need items for this state. Will some...for this mouth-watering specimen is Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz. ARKANSAS—"First off...have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate
Journal (issue)
No. 2 February 1'51 'l'HE ORE.-SIN Portland, Oregon STATE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Oftioe: 702 Woodlark Building, portland 5, oregon Staff State Governing Board Geologist Hollis M...& chemist L. L. Hoagland H. E. Hendry)!: Baker Mining Engineer Portland Ralph S. Mason Mason L. Bingham...MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON* General geology Douglas County contains rocks ot every geologic...ot the towns ot Glendale, Riddl. Canyonv.~lle, Myrtle Creek, ilays Creek, and Tiller. These are old volcanics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE MESOZOIC OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON' GEORGE DAVIS LOUDERBACK San Francisco, Cal. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...The Myrtle formation. Outline of the Mesozoic and related history. THE HETEROGENEITY OF THE MYRTLE FORMATION...sandstones. The shales. Conglomerates. Cherts. Limestone. The upper group. General composition and comparison...The lower division. TERMS USED. Definition of the Myrtle group or series. The Dillard series. ' This study...December, 1904. 514 MESOZOIC OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. Associated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is the county seat and is situated in about the center of the county. I do not know if this mine is still...of the dealers ; however I did not ask from what mine these were from." ARIZONA—We recently received...Sea (in southern California —chiefly in Imperial County) one of the World's great geological freaks of...its shores." ARKANSAS—The Morning Star mine, in Marion County, Ark., has furnished many handsome specimens...smithsonite. Desiring to ascertain the location of this mine we petitioned the help of Byron C. Marshall, 204
 
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