The Silver Peak is a mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,281 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,281 Feet (1,000 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.8561, -123.38060
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Silver Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Peak
Secondary: Umpqua Consolidated Mining Co.
Secondary: Oregon Exploration Company
Secondary: Silver Butte Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Riddles Mill District
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: Located Claim
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Chevron Oil Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Silver Peak Copper Co.
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: 1926
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Tennantite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RESERVES SHOWN ON RECORD NO.6 LIE ABOVE OLD STOPES AND GRADE E RESERVES IS BASED ON U.S.BUR.MINES SAMPLING IN 1942-1943 ADIT LEVEL SILVER PEAK DEPOSIT IS A LENTICULAR STRATABOUND MASSIVE SULF
References
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): P. 110.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 2, 1933, P. 15.
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