The Salmon Mt. is a gold mine located in Coos 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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Salmon Mt. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salmon Mt.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Coos
District: Powers
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: QUARTZ VEINLETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Probable West Trending Fault & A Landslide Area
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Basalt Extremely Altered, Qtz Veins Intimately Associated
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GALICE FORMATION?
Comment (Deposit): WORKED AS A PLACER
References
Reference (Deposit): BALDWIN, E.M. AND OTHERS, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 80, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 184
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 44
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