Mine detail: Almeda

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Location

Lat / long:

42.6101, -123.58533

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Zinc, Antimony
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1899

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1911-1916
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host rock:	Rogue Formation;Rogue Formation
Host type:	Dacite
Associated type:	Dacite

References

MRDS	M060726
DEP	10042749
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45 P}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 206}{Deposit:: LIBBEY, F.W., 1967, THE ALMEDA MINE, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI SHORT PAPER 24, 53 P.}{Deposit:: SHENON, P.J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SQUAW CREEK AND SILVER PEAK DISTRICTS AND AT THE ALMEDA MINE; USGS CIRC. 2, 35 P.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Smith, Roscoe M. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.