Mine detail: Elephant Group

Previously called 'Elephant No. 4'

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.60038, -122.65809
dep_id: 10036489
mrds_id: M025310
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Hematite, Quartz
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, PLATE NO. 3
  • Deposit:: LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION
  • Deposit:: LUTTON, R.J., 1961, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES; ODGMI PORTLAND OFFICE
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