Mine detail: Silver Peak

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.84899, -123.37199

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Lead
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	INTERMITTENT 1926-1937

Geology

Host rock:	Rogue Volcanics
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Dothan Formation
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Alteration processes:	Sericite - Chlorite Schist

References

MRDS	M061226
DEP	10042920
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.