Mine detail: Fort Knox

Previously called 'Lucky Tovell'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.67676, -123.17504

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	PODS & DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Greenstone
Associated type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Ophiolite?
Alteration processes:	Gossan

References

MRDS	M061800
DEP	10109746
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, L., 1957, FORT KNOX, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.