Mine detail: Al Sarena

Previously called 'Buzzard'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.84511, -122.60642

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Arsenic, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	STREAKS & LENSES
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1931-1944

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanic Series
Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Extensive Alteration With Disseminated Pyrite

References

MRDS	M061385
DEP	10042982
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.195}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893}{Production:: USBM}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.