Mine detail: Cougar

Previously called 'Cougar - Independence Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.84763, -118.41188

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Pyrite
Gangue:	Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:	Argillite
Associated rock:	Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	M014815
DEP	10106868
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 79.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B P. 47.}{Deposit:: YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.