Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueDolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Bald Mountain Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10106868
MRDS IDM014815
Alternate namesCougar - Independence Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.84763, -118.41188
References
BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 79.OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B P. 47.YOUNG, J.S., 1979, PARAGENESIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GRANITE GOLD DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; COLORADO STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS