The Lady Bug Group is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Lady Bug Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady Bug Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: New Eldorado
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDES ARE SPOTTY AND LOW-GRADE
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): S 1/2
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT BY NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND ONE 130-FOOT DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY NUMEROUS DIORITIC DIKES AND ONE SERPENTINE DIKE. THE VEIN FILLING IS A BRECCIA WITH GRAY QUARTZ AND SULFIDES. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS CUT BY NUMEROUS DIORITIC DIKES AND ONE SERPENTINE DIKE. VEIN FILLING IS RHYOLITE - BRECCIA WITH GREY QUARTZ AND SULFIDES. SMALL VEINLETS ARE ABUNDANT BUT SHOW LITTLE MINERALIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.81
Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
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