The Trixie Mine is a gold mine located in Lane county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Trixie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trixie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Bohemia
Land Status
Not available
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES AND ORE MINERALS PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT
Comment (Location): ON CHAMPION ROAD
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, NOT CAVED BUT UNSAFE
Comment (Geology): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. MAP IN REFERENCE INDICATES THAT THIS DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN THE INTRUSIONS RATHER THAN IN THE VOLCANIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1951, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-D, PL. 13 (UNLABELED ADITS)
Reference (Deposit): GRAY, J.J., AND VOGT, B.F., 1978, A GEOLOGICAL FIELD TRIP FROM COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, TO THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT: ORE BIN, V. 40, NO. 6, P. 93-116.
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