Oregon King Mine

Plant in Jefferson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225445
MRDS ID M060845
MAS/MILS ID 0410310001
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon King Mine
Alternate or previous names Oregon King
Related records 10042807

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.74142, 44.75403 (WGS84)
Elevation 807
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 009 S 017 E 30 C SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.74142, 44.75403

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 100M
    Width 180M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N75W:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1898
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Ashwood

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oreco Enterprises
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. SHORT PAPER 23, 1962, 49 P.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 159.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 16-0024

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXISTING MINE WORKINGS ARE CAVED & SAMPLE DATA DOES NOT PERMIT CALCULATION OF RESERVES; THERE ARE NOMEASURED OR INDICATED RESER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-92 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references