The Oregon King Mine is a mine located in Jefferson county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,648 feet.
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: 2,648 Feet (807 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7542, -120.74030
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Oregon King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oregon King Mine
Secondary: Oregon King
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jefferson
District: Ashwood
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Oreco Enterprises
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1987
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EXISTING MINE WORKINGS ARE CAVED & SAMPLE DATA DOES NOT PERMIT CALCULATION OF RESERVES; THERE ARE NOMEASURED OR INDICATED RESER
References
Reference (Deposit): DOGAMI MLR 16-0024
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 159.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. SHORT PAPER 23, 1962, 49 P.
Oregon Gold
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