The Tall Timber Veins is a lead and zinc 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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Tall Timber Veins MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tall Timber Veins
Secondary: Demon Claim
Secondary: See Also Rattlesnake
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Bohemia
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Umpqua National Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Joe Watson
Home Office: Cottage Grove, Or.
Years: 1980 -
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO SETS OF FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): PITS AND SHORT ADITS
Comment (Geology): N 70 W STRIKING VEIN CONTAINS STIBNITE AND PYRITE. N 10-30 W STRIKING SHEAR ZONES CONSIST OF BRECCIATED ANDESITE WITH QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAING SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND PYRITE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE SEPARATE RECORD FOR RATTLESNAKE VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 80
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 78
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