Mine detail: Star Mine

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.56176, -122.70698
dep_id: 10036392
mrds_id: M025182
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Pyrite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
ore_ctrl: Intersection Of N 45-55 W Trending Veins With N 65-80 W Trending Fractures
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 319
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 76
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