Mine detail: Cripple Creek Vein

Previously called 'Part of the Cripple Creek Group'

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.56621, -122.64087
dep_id: 10036365
mrds_id: M025154
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL 14-D, P. 60
  • Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 65
  • Deposit:: LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION.
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