Mine detail: Golden Gate

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.86176, -123.38644

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Copper, Silver
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED & STRINGERS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1928; 1940

Geology

Host rock:Rogue Volcanics
Host type:Schist
Structure:Shear Zone Near Dothan Contact
Alteration processes:Chloritic Schist

References

MRDSM061225
DEP10042919
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P.27}{Deposit:: WHITE, D.J. AND WOLFE, H.D., 1950, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AREA FROM PANTHER BUTTE TO TELLURIUM PEAK, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ORE BIN, VOL. 12, NO. 11, P.74}{Deposit:: SHENNON, P.J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SQUAW CREEK AND SILVER PEAK DISTRICTS AND AT THE ALMEDA MINE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS CIRC. 2, P.23}{Production:: USBM}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.