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Gray Eagle Mine (Dakin Mine), Slater Butte, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USAi
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Gray Eagle Mine (Dakin Mine)Mine
Slater ButteTable/Butte
Klamath MountainsMountain Range
Siskiyou CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 51' 48'' North , 123° 22' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.86333,-123.37111
GeoHash:
G#: 9r2q0sgzs
GRN:
N28W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Happy Camp1,190 (2015)7.9km
Takilma378 (2011)29.3km
O'Brien504 (2011)35.6km
Williams1,072 (2011)40.3km
Cave Junction1,932 (2017)40.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
94367
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:94367:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former lode Cu-Zn mine located 1.5 km (4,800 feet) WNW of Slater Butte.

Mineralization is hosted in schist.

Related tectonic structures include an island arc.

Reserve-Resource data are found in: Randol Mining Directory, 1996/97: 156.

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6 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS

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North America PlateTectonic Plate

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References

(1908, September) The Copper Resources of California. Bulletin 50. California State Mining Bureaup.132
Brown, G. Chester (1916b), Shasta, Siskiyou, Trinity Counties: California Mining Bureau. (Report 14): 14(4): 810-827.
Laizure, Clyde McK (1921), Redding field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 531.
Tucker, W.Burling (1923), Redding Field Division - Review of Mining, 1922, California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 19): 8.
Logan, Clarence August (1925), Sacramento field division: California Mining Bureau. (Report 21): 21(4): 428.
Averill, Charles V. (1935), Mines and mineral resources of Siskiyou County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 31): 31(3): 272-273.
O'Brien, J.C. (1943), Current Notes on the Activity in the Strategic Minerals, Redding Field District, California Division of Mines Report 39 (Report 39): 39: 324.
O’Brien, J.C. (1947), Mines and mineral resources of Siskiyou County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 43): 43(4): 425-427.
Goodwin, Joseph Grant (1957) Lead and zinc in California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, Division of Mines (Report 53): 53(3&4): No. 354: 703.
Simmons, G. L., D. L. Blakeman, J. W. Trimble, and S. W. Banning (1985), Noranda's Carbon in Pulp Gold/Silver Operation at Happy Camp, California, Mining and Metal Processing: 2(2): 73-79.
University of California, Berkeley (1988), Mining Waste Study, Final Report, July 1988, 416 pp.: 251-254.
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