Mine detail: Red Boy Group

Previously called 'May QueenMineral WonderJay BirdPoor BoyRed Boy'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.79568, -118.47772

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Mercury, Arsenic, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite
Structure:	Ne Trending Blue Mountains Uplift, Fault Terminates Veins On South
Tectonic:	Geosyncline

References

MRDS	W002491
DEP	10105518
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE. DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 107, 117}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. IND., 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, GRANT, MORROW, AND UMATILLA COUNTIES: BULL. 14-B, P. 60}{Deposit:: LORAIN, S. H., 1933, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN NORTHEASTERN OREGON: U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7015, P. 15}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL 55 , P. 216 .}{Deposit:: 5) MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965 , USBM 1 C 8252}{Deposit:: 6) FREDERICK, F., 1945 , S}{Deposit:: 1901 RECON LINDGREN: 22ND ANN. REPORT, USGS}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.}{Deposit:: 1916 RECON ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.}{Deposit:: 1941 ORE. DEPT. GEOL., MIN. IND.}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL: PROF. P. 610}{Production:: BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 107, 117}
Reporter	Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J., Reeves, James R.