The Pyx Mine is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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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
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Pyx Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pyx Mine
Secondary: Pix
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Galice
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: Early 1920'S
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Free Milling At About 1.0 Oz/Ton Au
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
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE - 0.32 OZ/TON AU. SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 3.06 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 40 FOOT SHAFT AND A 205 FOOT CROSSCUT ADIT WITH 85 OF DRIFT ALONGTHE VEIN. SMALL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL IS GREENSTONE, HANGING WALL IS PORPHYRY. VEIN IS MADE UP OF QUARTZ AND SHEARED GREENSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): YOUNGBERG, E.A., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P.15
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.51
Reference (Deposit): ODGMI BULL. 34, P. 15
Oregon Gold
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