Sugar Pine

The Sugar Pine is a gold and silver mine located in Josephine 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: Sugar Pine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Galice

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1935
Time Period: 1860-1935
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.83 Au, 0.09 Ag

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: STRINGERS, LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): ONLY PART OF PRODUCTION KNOWN

Comment (Deposit): VERY OLD MINE - IS VEIN A "DIKE INTRUSIVE"?

Comment (Workings): ADITS, WKGS 3000+ ONLY PART OF PRODUCTION KNOWN

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013302) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 NW 1/4

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.212

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.60

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

Reference (Production): USBM

Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE AND JACKSON COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 1, NO.4, P.207

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