The California Vein is a gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Lane 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 43.57944, -122.65444
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California Vein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Vein
Secondary: Part of the Musick Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Bohemia
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.
Administrative Organization: Umpqua National Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Musick Mining Co.
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MERGES WITH THE MUSICK VEIN TO THE WEST.
Comment (Deposit): SEPARATE ENTRY FOR MUSICK VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS AND TWO TUNNELS TO TALLING OVER 300 FT.
Comment (Geology): MAY BE AN EXTENSION OF THE WAR EAGLE NO. 1 VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 59
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 317
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 69
Reference (Deposit): LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION.
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