Mine detail: Humboldt Mine

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Location: Malheur County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.42653, -117.59574
dep_id: 10033313
mrds_id: M015623
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Slate
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 133.
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, BULL. 14-A, P. 78.
  • Deposit:: WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON: UNIV. OF OREGON PHD. THESIS
  • Deposit:: GILLULY, J.C., REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A.
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