Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
TertiaryBarium-Barite, Lead
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlNear Thrust Contact With Dothan Fm.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Rogue Volcanics
Associated rockRhyodacite · Dothan Formation
AlterationSericite - Chlorite Schist
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsINTERMITTENT 1926-1937
Identification
Deposit ID10042920
MRDS IDM061226
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.84899, -123.37199
References
RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 29LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, P. 557-595.OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 110SHENON, P.J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SQUAW CREEK AND SILVER PEAK DISTRICTS AND AT THE ALMEDA MINE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS CIRC. 2, P. 15USBM YEARBOOK