Barron Mine

The Barron Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Jackson 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: Barron Mine
Secondary: Alton

Commodity

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

Location

State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Ashland

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Davenhauer, Joe
Years: 1971 -

Production

Year: 1923
Time Period: 1917-1923
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.05au, 0.65 Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BRANCHING & INTERSECTING

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay, Sericite, Carbonate, Cherty Quartz & Calcite &Barite

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER M013805 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Location): N 1/2

Comment (Workings): ADIT, WINZE 50, WKGS 1000

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.26

Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD AND COPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, P.557-595

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P.134

Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN & BUDDINGTON, 1938; USBM

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