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Waldo Copper Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032113
MRDS ID M013239
Record type Site
Current site name Waldo Copper Mine
Related records 10273904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.59921, 42.04038 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 008W 36 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY ALSO INCLUDED AG AND ZN AS COMMODITIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.59921, 42.04038
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N60-75E
    Dip 45SE-50SW
    Length 9.14M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Found Near Contact Of Serpentine And Greenstone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL UNKNOWN. PROPERTY IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE WALDO DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGSTOTAL UNKNOWN. PROPERTY IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE WALDO DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.222

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT; USGS BULL. 846-B, P.167

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CYPRUS TYPE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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