California Vein

The California Vein is a gold, silver, copper, 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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Site Name

Primary: California Vein
Secondary: Part of the Musick Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese

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: Musick Mining Co.
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN MERGES WITH THE MUSICK VEIN TO THE WEST.

Comment (Deposit): SEPARATE ENTRY FOR MUSICK VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS AND TWO TUNNELS TO TALLING OVER 300 FT.

Comment (Geology): MAY BE AN EXTENSION OF THE WAR EAGLE NO. 1 VEIN

References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 59

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 317

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 69

Reference (Deposit): LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION.

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