Bull Run

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032520
MRDS ID M014080
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Run
Alternate or previous names Hollywood Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25521, 44.38679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Gulch(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)

Federal lands

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 036E 2 NE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE1/4 OF THE NE1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25521, 44.38679

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 10NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Scattered Gold Mineralization Occurs In Limonite-Calcite Veins/Shear Zones In Hornblende Diorite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS NEAR CONTACT OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS WITH MINE RIDGE SCHIST ; GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION IN CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN TUREMAN RANCH DIORITE AND PINE RIDGE SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer Albert Wies

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • BULK OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM A 'POCKET' IN THE GLORY HOLE AREA. OUTPUT HAS BEEN ABOUT $10,000, MOSTLY IN 1928-1930.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1200 FEET OF TUNNELS, A GLORY HOLE, AND 3 SHALLOW SHAFTSBULK OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM A 'POCKET' IN THE GLORY HOLE AREA. OUTPUT HAS BEEN ABOUT $10,000, MOSTLY IN 1928-1930.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOWRY, W. D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MTN. QUADRANGLE, OREGON: ODGMI OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 71

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 98 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 156 .

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N. S., 1946, BULL RUN MINE: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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