Mine detail: Macabee Mine

Previously called 'Kaviju'

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Location: Josephine County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.68204, -123.31726
dep_id: 10032163
mrds_id: M013378
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
ore_ctrl: Contact
Reporter: Lee, W, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Galice;Galice
hrock_type: Greenstone
Structure: Near Major Thrust Fault Between The Jurassic Sediments And Overlying Permo-Triassic Rocks.
References:
  • Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.111
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