Mine detail: Albany

Previously called 'Lincoln Mines'

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Location: Linn County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.5962, -122.28477
dep_id: 10036335
mrds_id: M025111
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation
hrock_type: Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Andesite
disc_yr: 1888
References:
  • 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.
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