Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Other materialsCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10032990
MRDS IDM014832
Alternate namesKissell
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.86207, -118.34911
References
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P.56BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.80YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESISFERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION