Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Lead, Copper
TertiaryAntimony, Zinc, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueChlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith
AlterationIn Area Of Highly Metamorphosed Argillite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsWORK BEGUN IN 1878 .
Identification
Deposit ID10032984
MRDS IDM014822
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.89068, -118.34966
References
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.65, 79OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941; ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 52YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS THESISCALCULATED FROM PRODUCTION FIGURES IN ODGMI BULL. 61