The Sylvanite Mine is a lead, tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.46333, -123.02194
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Sylvanite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sylvanite Mine
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Gold Hill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1931-1959
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 0.04 Lb/Ton Pb
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1931-1959
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 0.20 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1931-1959
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.92 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 4.60 AU:AG
Comment (Production): LEMMON, UNPUBLISHED DATA; USBM
Comment (Workings): OVER 2200 FEET ON 3 LEVELS WITH A 600 FT INCLINE SHAFT LEMMON, UNPUBLISHED DATA; USBM
Comment (Location): LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 243, 264
Reference (Deposit): 5) LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): 6) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VO
Reference (Production): REF. NO. 1 TOTAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT $700,000 (BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968)
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, H.D., AND WHITE, D.J., 1951, OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES G.M.I. SHORT PAPER 22.
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MIN. RES. OREGON, VOL. 2.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
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