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Blue Bird

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033133
MRDS ID M015087
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird
Related records 10298441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.46772, 44.79485 (WGS84)

Site location context

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

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 035E 11 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.46772, 44.79485
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MATERIAL ON DUMP SHOWS A BRECCIA OF UNALTERED ARGILLITE CEMENTED BY COMB QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1904 - 1905

Mining district

District name Red Boy District/Granite Area

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Period 1905-1906
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Est. 0.17 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 5g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1500 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $5000 .

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 2500 FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND SOME SHORT DRIFTS UNDER THE RIDGE. 1500 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $5000 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 42 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.S. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION

  • Production

    ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 42 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL ARGILLITE BRECCIA ZONES CEMENTED BY COMB QUARTZ WITH MINOR AM0UNTS OF PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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