Lady Bug Group

The Lady Bug Group is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Lady Bug Group  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.695, -118.60417

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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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