Mine detail: Ashland Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.19177, -122.7578

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1886

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group
Host type:	Quartzite,Mica Schist
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Veins Oxidized To A Depth Of 100 Ft.

References

MRDS	M060821
DEP	10103896
Reference	{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E., 1971, PLUTONIC ROCKS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 684-B}{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E., 1971, GEOLOGY OF LODE GOLD DISTRICTS IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 1290 P. 57}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 271-273}{Deposit:: PARKS, H.M. AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 16-19: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Production:: USBM}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.