Mine detail: La Belleview

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.89068, -118.34966

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	WORK BEGUN IN 1878 .

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	In Area Of Highly Metamorphosed Argillite

References

MRDS	M014822
DEP	10032984
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.65, 79}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 52}{Deposit:: YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS THESIS}{Production:: CALCULATED FROM PRODUCTION FIGURES IN ODGMI BULL. 61}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.