Mine detail: Sanger Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.99375, -117.40852

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870

Geology

Host type:	Mudstone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne Trending Blue Mountains Uplift
Tectonic:	Accreted Island Arc; 7 Devils-Wallowa Terrane
Alteration processes:	Pyritization Of Wall Rocks, Argillic Selvage

References

MRDS	W002487
DEP	10069097
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: USGS 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, P. 738-739}{Deposit:: PROSTKA, H. J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SPARTA QUADRANGE, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES; MAP WITH TEXT, SCALE 1:62500}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61:91-92.}{Deposit:: 1901 RECON W. LINDGREN: REF. 1}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: MAP}{Production:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, P. 91}
Reporter	Reeves, James R., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.