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Coyote Hills Mining Co.

Occurrence in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036302
MRDS ID M025063
Record type Site
Current site name Coyote Hills Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Lyon Prospect
Related records 10176778

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.00634, 42.53263 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Abert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Warner Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 023E 15 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED NIL-1.11 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.00634, 42.53263
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDES AND FREE GOLD ARE APPARENTLY DERIVED FROM OCCASSIONAL AREAS OF PYRITIC RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lost Cabin (Windy Hollow)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 600 FT OF TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 161

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1939, COYOTE HILLS MINING CO., ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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