The Dixie Queen is a gold mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Dixie Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dixie Queen
Secondary: Dixie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Gold Hill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hollas, E. J
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED NIL-0.04 OZ/TON AU, TRACE AG
Materials
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS TOTAL 450
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 64
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N V, 1979, DIXIE MINE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
Oregon Gold
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