Mine detail: El Capitan

Previously called 'PresidentChurchill'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.55982, -122.64948

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Antimony, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1898

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	M025153
DEP	10109489
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 315}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 61}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 67}{Deposit:: LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.