The Fall Creek Copper is a copper mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Fall Creek Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fall Creek Copper
Secondary: United Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
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.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan, Trace Of Ni Found
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.80 % ZN
Analytical Data: 0.25 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.16 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 23.0 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.31 % NI
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MASSIVE SULFIDES, MOSTLY CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE, OCCUR AS LENSES IN GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE.
Comment (Location): MOSTLY WITHIN A WILD AND SCENIC RIVER CORRIDOR
Comment (Deposit): THREE MINERALIZED ZONES
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1000 FEET OF DEVELOPMENT WORK IN TWO TUNNELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Deposit): CLOSE, T., AND RAMP, L., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN, OREGON; USBM UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.148
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