Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryLead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBRANCHING & INTERSECTING
Ore controlZone Of Altered Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Sericite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Little Butte Volcanics
AlterationClay, Sericite, Carbonate, Cherty Quartz & Calcite &Barite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917-1919 ; 1923
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10042892
MRDS IDM061176
Alternate namesAlton
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.16594, -122.55279
References
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.26LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, P.557-595CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P.134CALLAGHAN & BUDDINGTON, 1938; USBM