Mine detail: Braden Mine

Previously called 'Braden Extension'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.40677, -123.05308

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1932-1940

Geology

Host type:

Hornblendite,Amphibolite

References

MRDS	M061040
DEP	10042830
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.248}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 53}{Deposit:: WINCHELL, A.N., 19148 PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 1, NO. 5, P. 171}{Deposit:: DILLER, J.S., 19148 MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 546, P.41}{Production:: USBM}
Reporter	Gray, Jerry J., Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)