| Deposit ID | 10106870 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M015770 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Thomason and Schwayder |
| Alternate or previous names | Lucky Boy, Showdown |
| Related records | 10273925 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.22743, 44.37347 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SIX MILES SOUTH OF UNITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baker(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rastus Mountain(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
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Baker |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014S | 037E | 7 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Serpentine | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Rock unit name | Weatherby Formation;Weatherby Formation |
| Rock description | Weatherby Formation;Weatherby Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.22743, 44.37347 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Unity |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Art Cheatum |
| Year | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^.35 Oz Au | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M015770 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410010640 |
WAGNER, N.S. 1948, LUCKY BOY MINE; ODGMI FILE REPORT
BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1979 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RASTUS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT 0-79-7
ODGMI RECON 1948 FILE REPOR
ODGMI FILE REPORT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCALLY SMALL, FINE GRAINED GRANODIORITE DIKES CUT ACROSS THE SHEAR ZONE. FREE GOLD OCCURS BOTH IN THE DIKES AND IN THE SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK. QUARTZ IS RARE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | 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 |
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