The Clackamas Mining and Milling Co. is a gold mine located in Clackamas county, Oregon.
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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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Clackamas Mining and Milling Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clackamas Mining and Milling Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Clackamas
District: North Santiam
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. H. Carleton
Years: 1916 -
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sailicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITIES AND ORE MINERALS ARE PRESUMED THE SAME AS AT OGLE MOUNTAIN MINE
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF HENLINE MOUNTAIN NEAR OGLE MOUNTAIN MINE. LOCATED IN CENTER OF SECTION. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE GIVES LOCATION SLIGHTLY TO SOUTHWEST OF LOCATION GIVEN HERE
Comment (Workings): A FEW SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION ARE PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE OGLE MOUNTAIN MINE. DACITIC DIKES AND PLUGS PRESENT IN DISTRICT
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1951, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-D, P. 118
Oregon Gold
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