The Barron Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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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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Barron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barron Mine
Secondary: Alton
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Ashland
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Davenhauer, Joe
Years: 1971 -
Production
Year: 1923
Time Period: 1917-1923
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.05au, 0.65 Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BRANCHING & INTERSECTING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay, Sericite, Carbonate, Cherty Quartz & Calcite &Barite
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER M013805 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Location): N 1/2
Comment (Workings): ADIT, WINZE 50, WKGS 1000
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.26
Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, P.557-595
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P.134
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN & BUDDINGTON, 1938; USBM
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