The California Mine is a copper, gold, silver, arsenic, lead, and zinc mine located in Grant 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.86472, -118.27583
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California Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cable Cove
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1873
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT BY 6 ADITS OVER VERTICAL RANGE OF 800 FEET; LONGEST IS 1750 FT. ABOUT $40,000 MOSTLY FROM SPORADIC OUTPUT BETWEEN 1873 AND 1910.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE CONTAINED IN NARROW STREAKS AND LENSES.
Comment (Production): ABOUT $40,000 MOSTLY FROM SPORADIC OUTPUT BETWEEN 1873 AND 1910.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINE HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 18 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 69 .
Oregon Gold
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