Mine detail: Ow Yuen Claims

Previously called 'AkersOregon Caves'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.12482, -123.44059

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Rhodonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	East Dipping Reverse Fault

References

MRDS	M013361
DEP	10032155
Reference	{Deposit:: APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INV. 5369, P. 30}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.210}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}
Reporter	Lee, W, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.