Mine detail: Bill Nye Mine

Previously called 'Bee Hive'

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Location: Jackson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.39233, -123.05281
dep_id: 10032388
mrds_id: M013902
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Gray, Jerry J., Lee, W, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)
hrock_unit: Applegate Group
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 247.
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 49.
  • Deposit:: WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINESAND GEOL. VOL. 1, N.5, P.173.
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