The Squaw Creek Copper is a copper mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Squaw Creek Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Squaw Creek Copper
Secondary: Gold Nob
Secondary: Iron Hand
Secondary: Pacific States Mining
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.08% CU
Analytical Data: TRACE AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ACROSS 36 FT OF PYRITIC SCHIST ASSAYED 0.01 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 05 SEC. 05
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES ARE USUALLY DISSEMINATED
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZATION ZONE IS VERY SHALLOW
Comment (Workings): EIGHT ADITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY ALTERED CHLORITE SCHIST - MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SEVERAL BEDS THROUGHOUT A MILE WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.187
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P.J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SQUAW CREEK AND SILVER PEAK DISTRICTS; USGS CIRC. 2, P.10
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