Mine detail: Greenback

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Location

Lat / long:

42.65343, -123.30754

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Calcite
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1925-1941

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Galice
Associated type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Vein Cut Off By Fault On West & Serpentine On East

References

MRDS	M061242
DEP	10103899
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.220}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.104}{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E., 1971, GEOLOGY OF LODE GOLD DISTRICTS IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON; USGS BULL. 1290, P.84}{Production:: USBM}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Smith, Roscoe M. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.