The Bull Run is a gold and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.38694, -118.25417
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Bull Run MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bull Run
Secondary: Hollywood Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Upper Burnt River
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE1/4 OF THE NE1/4
Comment (Production): BULK OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM A 'POCKET' IN THE GLORY HOLE AREA. OUTPUT HAS BEEN ABOUT $10,000, MOSTLY IN 1928-1930.
Comment (Workings): 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.
Comment (Geology): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): LOWRY, W. D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MTN. QUADRANGLE, OREGON: ODGMI OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 71
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 98 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 156 .
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N. S., 1946, BULL RUN MINE: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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