Mine detail: Utopia

Previously called 'Plato Vein'

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.60982, -122.67226
dep_id: 10036352
mrds_id: M025138
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanic Series
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 320
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 80
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 78
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