The United Copper-Gold Mines Company is a mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,394 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,394 Feet (425 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.2956, -123.76750
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United Copper-Gold Mines Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: United Copper-Gold Mines Company
Secondary: Fall Creek Copper
Secondary: Fall Creek
Secondary: Falls Creek Prospect
Secondary: United
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert Cornett
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1863
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Azurite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): PLATE 2, NO. 279.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,
Reference (Deposit): VOL. 2, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1942,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL2 NO 4, P226.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PARKS, H.M., 1916, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, OREGON
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