Mormon Boy

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

Name: Mormon Boy  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.865, -118.25806

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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


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