Mine detail: Rising Star Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.25732, -123.29198

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group
Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated rock:	Grayback Pluton
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	M062267
DEP	10043361
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 172}{Deposit:: WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 1, NO. 5, P.239}
Reporter	Smith, Roscoe M., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.