The Bull Run Creek Placers is a gold and silver mine located in Baker 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
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Bull Run Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bull Run Creek Placers
Secondary: Ferris Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Unity Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: STREAM GRAVELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALS 2161 TOZ AU AND 253 TOZ AG FROM 61,000 CUBIC YARDS OF GRAVEL DURING 1940-1941.
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS ABOUT 18 FEET DEEP. DREDGE WORKED A STRIP ALONG BULLRUN CREEK ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE AND TWO MILES LONG ; GEOL.DESC: PLACER GOLD DERIVED FROM LODE DEPOSITS ONCE PRESENT ON SLOPES OF ADJACENT RIDGES.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOWRY, W.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT, P.70.
Reference (Production): LOWRY, 1968
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 157 .
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