The Maid of the Mist is a arsenic mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Arsenic
Lat, Long: 42.205, -123.17500
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Maid of the Mist MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maid of the Mist
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS REPORTEDLY RELATIVELY FREE OF SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 200 FT SHAFT AND 500 FT OF OTHER WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS IN GREENSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.172
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 258
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