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Mineral Information Layer for Oregon-Release 3 (MILO-3), a geospatial database that stores and manages information regarding Oregon's mineral occurrences, prospects, and mines. online map | preview/download full publication

The Mineral Resources of Oregon (1914-1923), was a "Periodical Devoted to the Development of All Her Minerals" and was issued by the Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology.

Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from U.S. Geological Survey 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the Western United States

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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.

Allen, J.E., Byram, H.F., and Lee, F.W., 1938, DOGAMI Bulletin 9, Chromite deposits in Oregon, 71 p.

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

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.

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

Diller, J.S., and Knowlton, F.H., 1900, The Bohemia mining region of western Oregon, with notes on the Blue River mining region and on the structure and age of the Cascade Range, by Mr. Diller; accompanied by a report on the fossil plants associated with lavas of the Cascade Range, by Mr. Knowlton, in Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, Part III, Precious Metal Mining Districts: Washington, D.C., Governmnet Printing Office, p. 1-64.

[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.

Ferns, M.L., and Huber, D.F., 1984, DOGAMI Geological Map 36, Mineral resources map of Oregon, scale 1:500,000.

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.

Hoyer, I.C,. 2003, Bohemia gold, Bohemia Mining District, Lane County, Oregon, The bonanza years, 1885-1910: Cottage Grove, Oreg., Bohemia Mine Owners Association, Inc.

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, W., 1901, The gold belt of the Blue Mountains of Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey 22nd Annual Report, pt. 2, p. 561-776.

Chapter 1: Introduction (p. 560-573)
Chapter II: Geology (p. 574-598)
Chapter III: The Mineral Deposits (p. 599-644)
Chapter IV: Detailed Descriptions of Mining Districts (p. 645-704)
Chapter V: Detailed Descriptions of Mining Districts (continued) (p. 705-720)
Chapter Vi: Detailed Descriptions of Mining Districts (continued) (p. 721-776)
Plate LXIV, Map of the Gold Belt of Eastern Oregon

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. abstract

Lutton, R.J., 1962, Geology of the Bohemia mining district, Lane County, Oregon: Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona, Ph.D. dissertation.

MacDonald, D.F., 1909, Notes on the Bohemia mining district, Oregon, in Hays, C.W., and Lindgren, W., 1908, Contributions to Economic Geology, Part 1: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 380A, p. 80-84.

Niewendorp, C. A., and Ghiorso, J.W., 2015, Lode mines and prospects in the North Santiam mining district, Marion and Clackamas counties, Oregon, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Open-File Report O-15-03, 8 pl., scale 1:24,000 and various.

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

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 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.

Rand, H.B., Gold and Oregon's settlement [mostly about Grant County]: The Ore.-Bin, v. 21, no. 5.

Schaubs, M.P., 1978, Geology and mineral deposits of the Bohemia mining district, Lane County, Oregon: Corvallis, Oreg., Oregon State University M.S. thesis, 135 p.

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.

Smith, D.P., and Ruff, L.L, 1938, The geology and mineral resources of Lane County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Resources, Bulletin B-011, 43 p.

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

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

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

Vhay, J.S., 1960, The copper-cobalt deposits of the Quartzburg district, Grant County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 60-143, 20 p., geology and mine maps.

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

Wagner, N.S., compiler, Raymond Reports on Oregon Mineral Production 1869 and 1870, (also see full Raymond volumes links below)

Wagner, N.S., Mining in Baker County, 1861 to 1959 [mostly about Bake County]: The Ore.-Bin, v. 21, no. 3.