Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryMercury, Arsenic, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlShear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite
StructureNe Trending Blue Mountains Uplift, Fault Terminates Veins On South
Tectonic settingGeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Discovery year1890
Identification
Deposit ID10105518
MRDS IDW002491
Alternate namesPoor Boy, May Queen, Mineral Wonder, Jay Bird, Red Boy
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.79568, -118.47772
References
BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE. DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 107, 117OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. IND., 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, GRANT, MORROW, AND UMATILLA COUNTIES: BULL. 14-B, P. 60LORAIN, S. H., 1933, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7015, P. 15BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL 55 , P. 216 .5) MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM 1 C 82526) FREDERICK, F., 1945 , S1901 RECON LINDGREN: 22ND ANN. REPORT, USGS1914 RECON ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.1916 RECON ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.1941 ORE. DEPT. GEOL., MIN. IND.1960 COMPILE KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL: PROF. P. 610BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 107, 117