Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Appears To Follow Fractures Along The Contact Between Spilite And Sediments.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Silver
GangueChlorite, Epidote
Geology
Host rockMeta-Basalt,Sandstone · Clover Creek Greenstone;Clover Creek Greenstone
Associated rockMeta-Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10095129
MRDS IDM014363
Alternate namesNorth American Copper Co., Copper Union
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.92708, -117.56686
References
GILLULY, J., 1937 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: USGS BULL. 879 , P. 110 .OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 45 .HAMMIT, R. W., 1972 , UNIV. OREGON M.S. THESISHULL, D., 1976, BURKEMONT MINE, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUMMARY REPORT.1975 RECON ODGMI SUMMARY REPOR