Mine detail: Albany

Previously called 'Lincoln Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.5962, -122.28477

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1888

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation
Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Andesite

References

MRDS	M025111
DEP	10036335
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 294}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 97}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 103}{Deposit:: MUNTS, S.R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE QUARTZVILLE MINING DISTRICT, CENTRAL WESTERN CASCADES, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS, 150 PP.}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.