The Mormon Boy is a gold and silver 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
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Mormon Boy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mormon Boy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cable Cove
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: Occurrence
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
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THIS PROSPECT IS AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 120 FT DRIFT ADIT WITH A 37 FT WINZE IN 1904. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C.E. AND THAYER, T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE; USGS MISC GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-447
Oregon Gold
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