Mine detail: Climax

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.82485, -118.21355

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	East-West Striking Thrust Faults
Tectonic:	Oceanic Sediments

References

MRDS	M014101
DEP	10102951
Reference	{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 36 .}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 73 .}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.