The Macabee Mine is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.68222, -123.31611
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Macabee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Macabee Mine
Secondary: Kaviju
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Greenback
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Deposit Size: S
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
Type: R
Description: Near Major Thrust Fault Between The Jurassic Sediments And Overlying Permo-Triassic Rocks.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): AG IS UNCERTAIN.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 100 FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 283 FEET OF DRIFT ON THE VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS ALTERED, BUT VEIN APPEARS TO BE NEAR A CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE (FOOTWALL) AND GREENSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.111
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