The Lost Buck is a silver, copper, lead, arsenic, and gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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:
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.84, -118.38917
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Lost Buck MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Buck
Secondary: Anniversary Group?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite
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
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
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): YOUNG (1979) REPORTS TRACE-0.3% CU; TRACE-0.5% PB: NIL-0.7% ZN; NIL-2.4 OZ/TON AG; AND NIL-0.24 OZ/TON AU FOR DUMP SAMPLES.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES RECORDED.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 400 FT
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT IS IN GRANODIORITE NEAR A CONTACT WITH OLDER ARGILLITES.
Comment (Deposit): SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THIS PROSPECT IS NOT AVAILABLE. YOUNG (1979) REPORTS ANALYSES FROM THE LONE BUCK DUMP. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION
Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS THESIS, P. 113
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