Mine detail: Fall Creek Ranch

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.95898, -122.73449
dep_id: 10048666
mrds_id: MP00280
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Kaolinite
orebody_fm: PROBABLY MASSIVE
alteration: Argillic
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Tuff
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Analytical Data:: WILSON AND TREASHER, 1938
  • Deposit:: WILSON, HEWITT, AND TREASHER, R.C., 1938, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SOME OF THE REFRACTORY CLAYS OF WESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 6, P. 67-68
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