Mine detail: Ochoco

Previously called 'Ophir-Mayflower'

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Location: Crook County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.41705, -120.37277
dep_id: 10103835
mrds_id: M055981
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Mercury, Antimony, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR MASSES
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Clarno Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
  • Deposit:: MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
  • Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.160
  • Deposit:: 5) GILLULY, J., REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON, USGS BULL. 846-
  • Production:: GILLULY AND OTHERS, 1933
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