The Fuller Mine is a mine located in Coos county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.8075, -123.85190
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Fuller Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fuller Mine
Secondary: Bolivar Mine
Secondary: Thompson Mine
Secondary: Bolivar Mining Company
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Coos
District: Powers
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. M. Thompson-Initially Located The Mine In 1900
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Jack Patterson And Dr. Don Jeppesen Present Owners
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1909
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tenorite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 80, 1973, P.53-54.
Reference (Deposit): P. 46.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,
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