The Bill Nye Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,680 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,680 Feet (512 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.3925, -123.05167
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Bill Nye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bill Nye Mine
Secondary: Bee Hive
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Gold Hill-Applegate-Waldo Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 1.0 AU:AG
Comment (Production): TWO SHIPMENTS BETWEEN 1907-1909 TOTALED $12,000 GOLD.
Comment (Workings): OPENNED BY SEVERAL ADITS AND A VERTICAL SHAFT TWO SHIPMENTS BETWEEN 1907-1909 TOTALED $12,000 GOLD.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NORTHEAST-STRIKING VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN 2 FEET WIDE AND LARGER NORTHWEST-STRIKING VEIN IN APPLEGATE METASEDIMENTS (IMPURE QUARTZITE)
References
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINESAND GEOL. VOL. 1, N.5, P.173.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 247.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 49.
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