Golden Dream

The Golden Dream is a gold and silver mine located in Curry 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

Name: Golden Dream

State:  Oregon

County:  Curry

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 42.27833, -123.83500

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Golden Dream MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Golden Dream
Secondary: Higgins
Secondary: Empire


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Chetco


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: Siskiyou National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Type: L
Description: Shearing


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Talc


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): SHEARED METASEDIMENTARY AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS ALONG SERPENTINE CONTACTS CONTACT NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINLETS AND SOME SULFIDES. FREE GOLD OCCURS IN SHEARED TALCOSE ROCK

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013623) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Production): MINED AS PLACER

Comment (Workings): GROUND SLUICE, HYDRAULIC, ADITSMINED AS PLACER


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P.59

Reference (Production): USBM

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.39

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.197


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