Mine detail: Oswego Iron Mine

Previously called 'Prosser'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

45.41759, -122.69202

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1867
Last production ended:	1894

Geology

Host rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M025346
DEP	10103531
Reference	OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 2
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.