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Lucky Queen Mine

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Tellurium
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032156
MRDS ID M013363
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Double Eagle, Lozier Dike
Related records 10201860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.33559, 42.5801 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sexton Mountain(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 034S 005W 30 SW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TE IS UNCERTAIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY 0.50 OZ/TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.33559, 42.5801
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS IN QUARTZ VEINS IN ARGILLACEOUS QUARTZITE. BROAD MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE, TALC, AND SHEARED COUNTRY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greenback

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 1500 FEET IN 6 TUNNELS AND 2 RAISES.

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

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.230

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.86

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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