Mine detail: Briggs Pocket

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.00677, -123.38031

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: POCKET, LARGE SLABS OF POROUS GOLD ONE INCH THICK & TWO OR THREE FEET ACROSS
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Applegate Group
Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:Serpentinite

References

MRDSM061667
DEP10043152
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P. 27.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 248}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.