The White Horse Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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White Horse Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Horse Mining Co.
Secondary: No Name #35
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Gold Hill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKED AS A PLACER PRE 1916
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): VALUES FOUND QUARTZ & SHEARED WALL ROCK
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, TWO ADITS, CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F G AND OTHERS, 1940, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE, OREGON; ODGMI GEOL MAP
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 121
Oregon Gold
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