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Bull Run Creek Placers

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110013
MRDS ID RE00293
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Run Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Ferris Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24021, 44.38791 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Unity(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 036E 36 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24021, 44.38791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVELS

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS ABOUT 18 FEET DEEP. DREDGE WORKED A STRIP ALONG BULLRUN CREEK ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE AND TWO MILES LONG ; GEOL.DESC: PLACER GOLD DERIVED FROM LODE DEPOSITS ONCE PRESENT ON SLOPES OF ADJACENT RIDGES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years OCTOBER & DECEMBER 1940

Mining district

District name Unity Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALS 2161 TOZ AU AND 253 TOZ AG FROM 61,000 CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL DURING 1940-1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 157 .

  • Deposit

    LOWRY, W.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT, P.70.

  • Production

    LOWRY, 1968

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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