Oregon King Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042807
MRDS ID M060845
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon King Mine
Related records 10225445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73973, 44.75233 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NNE OF ASHWOOD, OREGON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donnybrook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trout(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 017E 30 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated And Silicified

Analytical data

Result METALLURGICAL TEST ASSAYED 0.15 OZ AU AND 9.45 OZ AG/TON, TRACE PB, 0.88% CU, 0.40% ZN, 6.75% FE, 6.09% S, 0.20% SB, NO AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73973, 44.75233

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASSES
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 75 S
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Sheepherders
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Horse Heaven Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Productions Inc.
    Home office Tucson, Arizona
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oreco Enterprises, Inc

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MODERATE RESERVES ANTICIPATED BUT NOT SEEN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1371.6M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT FROM WHICH 7 LEVELS HAVE BEEN TURNED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PECK, D.L., 1964, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISANCE OF THE ANTELOPE - ASHWOOD AREA, NORTH - CENTRAL OREGON: USGS BULL. 1161-D.

  • Deposit

    LIBBY, F.W. AND CORCORAN, R.E., 1962, THE OREGON KING MINE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. SHORT PAPER 23

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 159

  • Production

    OME FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD (W017034) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references