Mine detail: Golden Stairs

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.58926, -122.65532
dep_id: 10048428
mrds_id: MP00013
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Chert
orebody_fm: VEINS
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Little Butte Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PH.D. THESIS, 172 P.
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, PL. 3.
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