Mine detail: Fall Creek Copper

Previously called 'United Copper'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.29538, -123.76866

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Nickel
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Greenstone
Associated type:	Serpentinite
Alteration processes:	Gossan, Trace Of Ni Found

References

MRDS	M060587
DEP	10042685
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}{Deposit:: CLOSE, T., AND RAMP, L., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN, OREGON; USBM UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.148}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.