The Lowry Antimony Mine is a antimony mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Lowry Antimony Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lowry Antimony Mine
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Applegate
Secondary: Stibnite #1 & 2
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
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: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1917-1940'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^40% Sb
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
Form: PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 500 FT IN FOUR TUNNELS20-25 TONS STOCKPILED AT PORTAL IN 1944.
Comment (Geology): ORE SHOOTS MAY BE LOCALLIZED AT SHEAR INTERSECTIONS.
Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE D001986 HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4
Comment (Production): 20-25 TONS STOCKPILED AT PORTAL IN 1944.
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N S, 1944, ANTIMONY IN OREGON; ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER NO 13, P 13
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 170
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