| Deposit ID | 10105518 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002491 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Boy Group |
| Alternate or previous names | May Queen, Mineral Wonder, Jay Bird, Red Boy, Poor Boy |
| Related records | 10274077 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.47772, 44.79568 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | SE 1/4 , NEAR HEAD OF CONGO GULCH, 5 MILES WEST OF GRANITE BY WAY OF OLIVE LAKE ROAD. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Granite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)
John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Umatilla National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 009S | 035E | 10 | SE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | NATIVE GOLD CONTAINED ABOUT 45 PERCENT AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| Rock description | Elkhorn Ridge Argillite |
| (1) | -118.47772, 44.79568 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Trending Blue Mountains Uplift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault Terminates Veins On South |
| Strike | N 30 DEG E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 55 DEG W |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1890 |
| District name | Greenhorn District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brandenthaler Estate, A. |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W002491 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230114 |
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE. DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 107, 117
OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. IND., 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, GRANT, MORROW, AND UMATILLA COUNTIES: BULL. 14-B, P. 60
LORAIN, S. H., 1933, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7015, P. 15
BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL 55 , P. 216 .
5) MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM 1 C 8252
6) FREDERICK, F., 1945 , S
1901 RECON LINDGREN: 22ND ANN. REPORT, USGS
1914 RECON ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.
1916 RECON ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.
1941 ORE. DEPT. GEOL., MIN. IND.
1960 COMPILE KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL: PROF. P. 610
BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 107, 117
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1909; 1916 MAJOR DISCOVERY |
| Deposit | MINES IN DISTRICT: NORTH LILLY, EUREKA LILLY 32,000 FEET OF PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS COMPLEXLY FOLDED AND FAULTED RICHEST ORE IN "POT HOLE" (DOWN DROPPED) STRUCTURES |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD MERGES CONSV. RECORDS ( M015085 AND M 015086 ); USGS RECORD ( PETERSON - M054908 ) AND DELETES THEM FROM OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Reeves, James R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1980 | Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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