Mine detail: Red Heifer

Previously called 'Silver Signal'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.60203, -122.2956

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sardine Formation
Host type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	M025100
DEP	10036328
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 297}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 104}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 110}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.