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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