Mine detail: Western Vein

Previously called 'Part of the Cripple Creek Group'

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.56204, -122.63337
dep_id: 10036366
mrds_id: M025155
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Amethyst, Calcite, Clay, Dolomite, 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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