The Oak Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,601 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.55056, -123.30694
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Oak Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oak Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Grants Pass
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Oak Mining Co.
Years: 1967 -
Production
Year: 1933
Time Period: 1932-1933
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.07 Au, 0.6 Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
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: L
Description: Fault Parallels Mineralized Zone, Probably Pre Ore
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Gossan
Rocks
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OLD ASSAYS ON 63 SAMPLES (CIRCA 1938) GAVE OVER 1% CU, .07 OZ AU &.6 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M013460) AND (M015225) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: EXPLORED & DEVELOPED BY OAK MINING CO. (1965-1967)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT ALSO REFERRED TO AS REPLACEMENT, ORE PENETRATES COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS TOTAL 800, WINZE 50
Comment (Geology): ASSOCIATED WITH METAGABBROS AND ULTRAMAFICS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS WAS ESTIMATED FOR ORE ABOVE LOWER LEVEL CIRCA 1938 -NO INFORMATION YET ON 1960'S RESULTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.231
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.88
Reference (Production): USBM
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