Oregon Historical Mining Information

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Mineral Information Layer for Oregon-Release 2 (MILO-2), a geospatial database that stores and manages information regarding Oregon's mineral occurrences, prospects, and mines. online map | buy CD-ROM

Brooks, H.C., and Ramp, L., 1968, DOGAMI Bulletin 61, Gold and silver in Oregon, by 337 p., Plate 1, 1:1,745.45; Plate 2, 1:1,440; Plate 3, 1:25,664.8; Figure 35, 1:250,000. buy CD-ROM

DOGAMI Bulletin 14, Oregon metal mines handbooks:
B-14-A. NE Oregon, E. half, 1939, 125 p.
B-14-B. NE Oregon, W half, 1941, 157 p.
B-14-C-I Coos, Curry, Douglas Co, 1940, 133 p.
B-14-C-II Sec. 1, Josephine Co., 1942, 229 p.
B-14-C-II Sec. 2, Jackson Co., 1943, 208 p.
B-14-D. Northwestern Oregon, 1951, 166 p.
7 plates, 1:250,000. buy CD-ROM

Ferns, M.L., and Huber, D.F., 1984, DOGAMI Geological Map 36, Mineral resources map of Oregon, scale 1:500,000. Low-resolution map available online; buy paper map.

Brooks, H.C., 1963, DOGAMI Bulletin 55, Quicksilver in Oregon, 223 p., 8 plates. buy CD-ROM

Allen, J.E., Byram, H.F., and Lee, F.W., 1938, DOGAMI Bulletin 9, Chromite deposits in Oregon, 71 p. Available as part of compilation Bulletin 104. buy CD-ROM

Diller, J.S., 1914, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 546, Mineral resources of Southwestern Oregon, 147 p., plate, maps, diagrams. online

J.T. Pardee, 1934, Beach Placers of the Oregon Coast, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 8, 41 p., maps. online

Swartley, A.M., 1914, Ore deposits in northeastern Oregon: Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology Mineral Resources of Oregon. v. 1, no. 8, 229 p.

The mineral resources and minerals industry of Oregon for 1903, by O. F. Stafford, Univ. of Oregon Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 4, 1904, 112 p. online

[DOGAMI] Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1969, Mineral and water resources of Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 64, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, 462 p.

Gilluly, J.R., Reed, J.C., and Park, C.F., Jr., 1933, Some mining districts of eastern Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 846-A, p. 1-140.

Grant, U.S., and Cady, G.H., 1914, Preliminary report on the general and economic geology of the Baker district of eastern Oregon, in Mineral Resources of Oregon: Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology, v. 1, no. 6, p. 129-161.

Koch, G.S., Jr., 1959, Lode mines of the central part of the Granite mining district, Grant County, Oregon. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 49, 49 p.

Libbey, F.W., 1967, The Almeda mine, Josephine County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Short Paper 24, 53 p.

Libbey, F.W., and Corcoran, R.E., 1962, The Oregon King mine, Jefferson County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Short Paper 23, 49  p.

Libbey, F.W., 1943, Some mineral deposits in the area surrounding the junction of the Snake and Imnaha Rivers in Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Short Paper 11, 17 p.

Lindgren, Wlademer, 1901, The gold belt of the Blue Mountains of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey 22nd Annual Report, pt. 2, p. 551-776.

Lorain, S.H., 1938, Gold mining and milling in northeastern Oregon: U.S. Bureau Mines Information Circular 7015, 46 p.

Lowell, Y.R., 1942, The paragenesis of some gold and copper ores of southwestern Oregon: Economic Geology,  v. 37 no. 7, p. 557-595.

Pardee, J.T., and Hewett, D.F., 1941, Preliminary geologic map of the Sumpter quadrangle, in Mineral Resources of Oregon: Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology, v. 1, no. 6, 128 p.

Parks, H.M., and Swartley, A.M., 1916, Handbook of the mining industry of Oregon, in Mineral Resources of Oregon: Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology, v. 2, no. 4, 306 p.

Ramp, L., and Peterson, N.V., 1979, Geology and mineral resources of Josephine County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 100, 45 p.

Ramp, L., 1972, Geology  and mineral resources of Douglas County, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 75, 106 p.

Ramp, L., 1961, Chromite in southwestern Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Bulletin 52, 169 p., Plate 1-1:281,600; Plate 9-1:240; Plate 10-1:24,526. 

Schuette, C.N., 1938, Quicksilver in Oregon: Oregon Department Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 4, 172 p.

Shenon, P. J., 1933a, Copper deposits in the Squaw Creek and Silver Peak districts and at the Almeda mine, southwestern Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2, 35 p.

Shenon, P.J., 1933b, Geology and ore deposits of the Takilma-Waldo district, Oregon (including the Blue Creek district): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 846-B, p. 141-194.

[USGS] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System, Mineral Resources On-line Spatial Data. online

Vhay, J.S., 1969, Uranium, in Mineral and Water Resources of Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 64, p.116-120.

Vhay, J.S., 1960, Preliminary report on the copper-cobalt deposits of the Quartzburg district, Grant County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 20 p., geology and mine maps.