Mine detail: Barron Mine

Previously called 'Alton'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.16594, -122.55279

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Sericite
Orebody form:	BRANCHING & INTERSECTING
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1917-1919 ; 1923

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanics
Host type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Clay, Sericite, Carbonate, Cherty Quartz & Calcite &Barite

References

MRDS	M061176
DEP	10042892
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.26}{Deposit:: LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, P.557-595}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P.134}{Production:: CALLAGHAN & BUDDINGTON, 1938; USBM}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Johnson, Maureen G.