The Idol City Mine is a lead and copper mine located in Harney 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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Idol City Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idol City Mine
Secondary: Faith
Secondary: Jack Doist Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Idol City (Harney District)
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.
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Harney Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): 120 FT INCLINE AND 80 FT CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO A NORTHWEST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 160
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J.E., 1939, IDOL CITY MINE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
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