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Lilly Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032118
MRDS ID M013250
Record type Site
Current site name Lilly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.61254, 42.04788 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

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 40S 08W 35 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PLACERS COVER A LARGE AREA WITHIN TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cubanite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.61254, 42.04788
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs As Irregular Bodies In Greenstone Rocks That Are Completely Surrounded By Serpentine.

Comments on the geologic information

  • COLLUVIUM AND GULCH GRAVELS DERIVED FROM OLDER TERRACE GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR ESTERLY, DEEP GRAVEL, HIGH GRAVEL, AND LOGAN'S SAILORS GULCH. TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR AREA IS PROBABLY CONSIDERABLY GREATER. SOME PLACERS IN AREA HAVE HAD BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION
  • ABOUT 300 TONS MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG WITH SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND OPEN PITS.
  • HYDRAULIC. WORKINGS COVER SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES

Comments on development

  • SEASONAL OPERATION 1870-1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 205

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 846-B, P. 168

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA WAS EXTENSIVELY WORKED IN 1850'S. SEPARATE RECORDS FOR ESTERLY, HIGH GRAVEL, DEEP GRAVEL, LOGAN'S SAILOR GULCH, AND FRY GULCH PLACERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013262, M013261, M060672, M060674, M060676, M013238

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey

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