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Blue Mud

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033318
MRDS ID M015628
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mud
Alternate or previous names Gorman
Related records 10201393

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59769, 44.42458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 042E 20 NW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59769, 44.42458
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Contact Below Tertiary Gravel And Pre-Tertiary Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TUNNELS, NOW CAVED, AND A 200 FT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, BULL. 14-A, P. 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT WAS SUNK ON BASIS OF VERY RICH FLOAT IN THE OVERLYING TERTIARY GRAVELS AND PENETRATED A FAULT CONTACT BELOW THE GRAVELS AND PRE-TERTIARY ROCKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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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