Mine detail: Copper City Prospects

Previously called 'Bonanza King and Collier Creek'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.40232, -124.05061

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Cobalt, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcocite, Copper, Cuprite, Erythrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Magnetite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1898 -1914

Geology

Host type:

Serpentinite

References

MRDS	M061623
DEP	10043121
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.33}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P.50}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, 1982, MAP NO. 3.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.