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Trade Dollar Mine

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032133
MRDS ID M013312
Record type Site
Current site name Trade Dollar Mine
Related records 10274104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.60727, 42.69121 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 008W 23 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIX SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.12 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.60727, 42.69121
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact/Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN GABBRO AND GREENSTONE. SERPENTINE CROPS OUT IN VICINITY IN MAJOR SHEAR ZONE. VALUES IN GREENSTONE BODY OVERLYING GABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Romig
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • NOT RECORDED

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS. NOT RECORDED

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

    YOUNGBERG, E.A., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P.27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE NOT EXPOSED BELOW ZONE OF OXIDATION

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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