The Spotted Fawn is a gold and silver mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Spotted Fawn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spotted Fawn
Secondary: Livingstone
Secondary: Cougar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Greenback
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1937
Time Period: 1901-1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.30 Au, 0.09 Ag
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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Ore Shoot Cut Off On North By N57e Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Location): E 1/2
Comment (Production): EFFORTS CONFINED TO HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITSEFFORTS CONFINED TO HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M013445) AND (M015220) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 110
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 229
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Production): USBM
Oregon Gold
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