Mine detail: Maxwell

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.85485, -118.09826

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Associated rock:	Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	M025524
DEP	10036640
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP,L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61, P.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939: ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 87.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 1, NO. 6, P. 77.}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.