Mine detail: Continental

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.88596, -118.36855

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSM014804
DEP10109352
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 , P. 78 .}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 46 .}{Deposit:: YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS THESIS}{Deposit:: KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.27}
ReporterLee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.