Mine detail: Shamrock

Previously called 'Chisholm Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.60121, -122.97697

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt, Platinum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite
Gangue: Calcite, Graphite, Zoisite
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED, BLEBS, VEINLETS, MASSES
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:May Creek Schist;
Host type:Mica Schist
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Sericite, Leaching On Intermediate Level, Serpentinite

References

MRDSM061386
DEP10042983
Reference{Deposit:: HUNDHAUSEN, R.J., 1952, INVESTIGATION OF SHAMROCK COPPER-NICKEL MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4895, P. 1-8.}{Deposit:: SHELTON, J.E., 1956, BENEFICIATION STUDIES OF NICKELIFEROUS ORES FROM THE SHAMROCK MINE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREG., AND THE CONGRESS MINE, FERRY COUNTY, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5261, P. 6-8.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES MISCELLANEOUS PAPER NO. 20, P. 7, 57-58.}{Deposit:: ASHLEY, R.P., AND PETERSON, J.A., 1991, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FIELD EXAM.}{Deposit:: FERNS, M.L., 1989, MINING ACTIVITY AND EXPLORATION IN OREGON, 1988: OREGON GEOLOGY, V. 51, NO. 2, P. 29.}{Deposit:: WILEY, T.J., AND HLADKY, F.R., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE BOSWELL MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOLOGICAL MAP SERIES GMS-70, SCALE 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL HUNDHAUSEN, USB}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.