Mine detail: Oregon King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.75233, -120.73973

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary:	Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR MASSES
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1899

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Brecciated And Silicified

References

MRDS	M060845
DEP	10042807
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.