The Lilly Mine is a copper mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Lilly Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lilly Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cubanite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC. WORKINGS COVER SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M013262, M013261, M060672, M060674, M060676, M013238
Comment (Location): PLACERS COVER A LARGE AREA WITHIN TOWNSHIP
Comment (Production): ABOUT 300 TONS MINED.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG WITH SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND OPEN PITS.
Comment (Deposit): AREA WAS EXTENSIVELY WORKED IN 1850'S. SEPARATE RECORDS FOR ESTERLY, HIGH GRAVEL, DEEP GRAVEL, LOGAN'S SAILOR GULCH, AND FRY GULCH PLACERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FOR ESTERLY, DEEP GRAVEL, HIGH GRAVEL, AND LOGAN'S SAILORS GULCH. TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR AREA IS PROBABLY CONSIDERABLY GREATER. SOME PLACERS IN AREA HAVE HAD BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): SEASONAL OPERATION 1870-1940
Comment (Geology): COLLUVIUM AND GULCH GRAVELS DERIVED FROM OLDER TERRACE GRAVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 205
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 846-B, P. 168
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