Mine detail: Humdinger

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Location

Lat / long:

42.26704, -123.29976

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Apophyllite, Calcite, Diopside
Orebody form:	MULTIPLE, BRANCHING VEINLETS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1927-1959 (INTERMITTENT)

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group;Applegate Group
Host type:	Greenstone
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	M061088
DEP	10042857
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 256}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 157}{Deposit:: LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, PP. 557-595}{Deposit:: 5) SHENNON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBERTSON, HUMDINGER, AND ROBERT E. GOLD}{Production:: USBM}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.