Bull Run Creek Placers

The Bull Run Creek Placers is a silver and gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Bull Run Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Iridium

Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite District

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): TOTAL DOLLAR PRODUCTION TO 1914 ESTIMATED AT $1,033,000 FOR PLACERS ON BULL RUN CREEK, CLEAR CREEK, AND GRANITE CREEK. PRODUCTION YEARS 1938-1942, 1946-1951

Comment (Development): DREDGING FROM TOWN OF GRANITE 4 MI UPSTREAM TO MOUTH OF SWAMP CREEK

Comment (Workings): DREDGING

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045458.

Comment (Location): IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG BULL RUN CREEK AT MOUTH OF CORRAL CREEK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = GRANITE 1:24000

Comment (Commodity): IR-RICH CONCENTRATES

References

Reference (Production): BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 57

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, AND BROOKS, H.C., 1969, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON: U.S. CONGRESS 90TH, 2D SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE PRINTING, P. 170-171.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 54-55, 57.

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