Mine detail: Salmon Mt.

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Location: Coos County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.77925, -124.15146
dep_id: 10042975
mrds_id: M061367
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: QUARTZ VEINLETS
alteration: Basalt Extremely Altered, Qtz Veins Intimately Associated
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Probable West Trending Fault & A Landslide Area
prod_yrs: 1885-1937
References:
  • Deposit:: BALDWIN, E.M. AND OTHERS, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 80, P. 58
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 184
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 44
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