Mine detail: Orofino

Previously called 'Golden Rod'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.62204, -122.63726

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz, Specularite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanics
Host type:	Hornfels
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock

References

MRDS	M025137
DEP	10095305
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 72}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 73}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.