The Ogie Mountain Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Clackamas county, Oregon.
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
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Ogie Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ogie Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Clackamas
District: North Santiam
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1905-1919
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.24 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
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: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD FROM OXIDIZED MATERIAL
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 3000 FEET OF WORKINGS ON TWO MAIN ADITS
Comment (Geology): VEIN MATTER CONSISTS OF CHERTY QUARTZ VEINS WHICH ARE CUT BY CARBONATE VEINS WHICH ARE IN TURN CUT BY VUGGY CALCITE VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 290
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 123
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 94
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