Mine detail: Highland Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.33371, -123.16558

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Applegate Group
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM062180
DEP10095682
Reference{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1943, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 77.}{Deposit:: PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON V. 2, NO. 4, P. 121.}{Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 99.}{Deposit:: KELLOGG, A.F., 1922, PLATINUM IN THE QUARTZ VEINS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 113, P. 1000.}
ReporterSmith, Roscoe M., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.