Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10032975
MRDS IDM014808
Alternate namesCougar - Independence Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.85402, -118.40577
References
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL 14-B, P.47BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.79KOCH, G.S., 1959, LODE MINES OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE GRANITE MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 49, P.33YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS