The Fort Knox is a copper mine located in Jackson 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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Fort Knox MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fort Knox
Secondary: Lucky Tovell
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1957
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7.13 Cu
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
Form: PODS & DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PODS OF MASSIVE SULFIDES OCCUR IN SHEARED METABASAIT NEAR A CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE.
Comment (Deposit): MAGNOTOMETER SURVEY MADE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1957, FORT KNOX, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
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