Mine detail: Portland Consolidated Mine

Previously called 'Silver King'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.73735, -118.61523

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Vinegar Hill Anticline
Tectonic:	Southwest Limb Of Vinegar Hill Anticline

References

MRDS	M060820
DEP	10042791
Reference	{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. NO. 39, P. 42-43}{Deposit:: BROWN, C.E., AND THAYER, T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON: USGS MISCEL. GEOL. INV. MAP I-447}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 14-B, P. 105}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, BULL 61 , P. 116 . & 5)MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN}{Deposit:: 1947 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR}{Production:: OME FILE}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.