Ogie Mountain Mine

The Ogie Mountain Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Clackamas 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: Ogie Mountain Mine  

State:  Oregon

County:  Clackamas

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 44.8925, -122.33194

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Ogie Mountain Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ogie Mountain Mine


Commodity

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


Location

State: Oregon
County: Clackamas
District: North Santiam


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1919
Time Period: 1905-1919
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.24 Oz/Ton Au


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
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: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ankerite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD FROM OXIDIZED MATERIAL

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 3000 FEET OF WORKINGS ON TWO MAIN ADITS

Comment (Geology): VEIN MATTER CONSISTS OF CHERTY QUARTZ VEINS WHICH ARE CUT BY CARBONATE VEINS WHICH ARE IN TURN CUT BY VUGGY CALCITE VEINS


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 290

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 123

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 94


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