Mine detail: Oregon King Mine

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Location: Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.75233, -120.73973
dep_id: 10042807
mrds_id: M060845
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Trace mineral: Antimony, Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR MASSES
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Brecciated And Silicified
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1899
disc_yr: 1898
discr: Sheepherders
References:
  • Deposit:: PECK, D.L., 1964, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISANCE OF THE ANTELOPE - ASHWOOD AREA, NORTH - CENTRAL OREGON: USGS BULL. 1161-D.
  • Deposit:: LIBBY, F.W. AND CORCORAN, R.E., 1962, THE OREGON KING MINE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. SHORT PAPER 23
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 159
  • Production:: OME FILES
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