Occurrence

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032126
MRDS ID M013270
Record type Site
Current site name Occurrence
Related records 10274130

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.96116, 42.11649 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 011W 23 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.96116, 42.11649

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS ARE FINE-GRAINED TUFF. U3O8 EQUIV. .2; YELLOW -GREEN FLUORESCENCE; TRACE OF MERCURY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sourdough-Vulcan Peak

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORE BIN, VOL. 17, NO. 12, 1955

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.