Mine detail: Connor Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.56542, -117.2024

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Argentite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1871

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1871

Geology

Host rock:	Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist
Host type:	Slate,Greenstone,Phyllite
Associated rock:	Lookout Mtn. Batholith;Lookout Mtn. Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne Trending Blue Mountain Uplift, Shear Zone Trends N 30 Deg E And Dips 45 To 60 Deg Se
Tectonic:	Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Chloritization Of Argillite And Dike

References

MRDS	W002488
DEP	10069098
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, OREGON: 22 ND ANNUAL REPORT, USGS, P. 757}{Deposit:: GILLULLY, J., ETAL, 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 50-51}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; NORTHEASTERN OREGON, EASTERN HALF: BULL. 14-A}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: O.D.G.M.I., BULL. 61, P. 106}{Deposit:: 1901 RECON W. LINDGREN: REF. 1}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON ORE. BU. MINES AND GEOL.: MIN. RES. ORE. 1 (8): 216}{Deposit:: 1929 GEOLMAP J. GILLULLY: USGS BULL. 879}{Deposit:: 1929 RECON J. GILLULLY ETAL: USGS BULL. 846-A}{Deposit:: 1939 COMPILE ORE. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND.: BULL. 14-A}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE ORE. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND.: BULL. 61}
Reporter	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Reeves, James R., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.