Mine detail: Columbia

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Location: Baker County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.82763, -118.20772
dep_id: 10032533
mrds_id: M014099
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Mercury, Zinc, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
hrock_type: Argillite
arock_type: Gabbro
Structure: East-West Striking Thrust Fault, Vein Fills A Normal Fault
tectonic: Oceanic Sediments
prod_yrs: 1897 - 1916
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 74 .
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 38 .
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963 , QUICKSILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 55 , P. 216 .
  • Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON, USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P. 663
  • Production:: W. W. ELMER, JUNE 30 , 1930 .
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