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Bull Run Creek Placers

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum, Iridium
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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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038163
MRDS ID M045456
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Run Creek Placers
Related records 10152705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39688, 44.79568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 35 MI NORTHEAST OF JOHN DAY, Accurate Along Bull Run Creek

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 03,04,10,11,13,14 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG BULL RUN CREEK AT MOUTH OF CORRAL CREEK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRANITE 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IR-RICH CONCENTRATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39688, 44.79568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL DOLLAR PRODUCTION TO 1914 ESTIMATED AT $1,033,000 FOR PLACERS ON BULL RUN CREEK, CLEAR CREEK, AND GRANITE CREEK. PRODUCTION YEARS 1938-1942, 1946-1951

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING

Comments on development

  • DREDGING FROM TOWN OF GRANITE 4 MI UPSTREAM TO MOUTH OF SWAMP CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 54-55, 57.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND BROOKS, H.C., 1969, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON: U.S. CONGRESS 90TH, 2D SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE PRINTING, P. 170-171.

  • Production

    BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045458.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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