King Tut Group

The King Tut Group is a silver 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

Name: King Tut Group  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.74694, -118.55000

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King Tut Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: King Tut Group


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Umatilla National 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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES $47.25 IN GOLD AND $35.90 IN SILVER ( 1938


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE CONSISTING OF GLASSY SECOND GENERATION QUARTZ WHICH HAS FORMED AROUND FRAGMENTS AND CRYSTALS OF A FIRST GENERATION QUARTZ.

Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT TUNNELS TOTALING 250 FT.; FOUR SHAFTS, 10 TO 30 FT. DEEP, ALONG A DISTANCE OF 500 FT.NO PRODUCTION, EXCEPT 1400 TONS OF FLOAT WHICH NETTED $647 IN 1893 .

Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M015034 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Comment (Location): E 1/2

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION, EXCEPT 1400 TONS OF FLOAT WHICH NETTED $647 IN 1893 .


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.80

Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS; OREGON STATE MS THESIS

Reference (Production): OLD - TIMERS


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