Mine detail: Silver Peak

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Location: Douglas County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.84899, -123.37199
dep_id: 10042920
mrds_id: M061226
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
gangue: Barite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Sericite - Chlorite Schist
ore_ctrl: Near Thrust Contact With Dothan Fm.
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Rogue Volcanics
hrock_type: Greenstone
arock_unit: Dothan Formation
arock_type: Rhyodacite
prod_yrs: INTERMITTENT 1926-1937
References:
  • Deposit:: RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 29
  • Deposit:: LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, P. 557-595.
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 110
  • Deposit:: SHENON, P.J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SQUAW CREEK AND SILVER PEAK DISTRICTS AND AT THE ALMEDA MINE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS CIRC. 2, P. 15
  • Production:: USBM YEARBOOK
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