Mine detail: Fall Creek Copper

Previously called 'UnitedFall CreekUnited Copper-Gold Mines CompanyFalls Creek Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.29542, -123.76866

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Nickel
Other material:	Azurite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine, Talc
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1899

Geology

References

MRDS	M060587
MAS	410330270
DEP	10225288
Reference	{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1942,}{Deposit:: VOL. 2, P. 148.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,}{Deposit:: PLATE 2, NO. 279.}{Reserve-Resource:: PARKS, H.M., 1916, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, OREGON}{Reserve-Resource:: BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL2 NO 4, P226.}
Reporter	Hull, D.A.