Mine detail: Snow Creek Mine

Previously called 'Zelda Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.70207, -118.50633

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Greenstone,Serpentinite,Argillite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	M014058
DEP	10098272
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14-A, P. 56}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 118 .}{Deposit:: ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 39, P.41}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.