The Lee is a manganese 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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Lee MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lee
Secondary: Neathamer
Secondary: Capitol Hill
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Gold Hill
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
Not available
Production
Not available
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidiation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADITS 90, 20, PITS, TRENCHMINED & STOCKPILED IN 1916, NOT SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): U.S.B.M. STUDIED THIS AS TYPICAL OF THE TYPE
Comment (Production): MINED & STOCKPILED IN 1916, NOT SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): SIZE VARIES, GENERAL GIVEN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OVERBURDEN IS 2 TO 8 FT. DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 84
Reference (Deposit): APPLING, R N, 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT INVEST 5369, P. 41.
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