The Red Boy and Mt. Chief is a lead, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Baker 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 45.03806, -117.23500
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Red Boy and Mt. Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Boy and Mt. Chief
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cornucopia
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Almon Motley
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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 Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE CAR OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1936 AND ONE IN 1938; VALUES UNKNOWN
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN THE CANYON ABOVE THE QUEEN OF THE WEST MILL SITE
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): 1939 RECON/ODGMI/NOTES IN FIL
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