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Martha Mine/Property

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032188
MRDS ID M013439
Record type Site
Current site name Martha Mine/Property
Alternate or previous names Part of Greenback Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.30615, 42.66982 (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

Golden(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 005W 28 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -123.30615, 42.66982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 55-60N
    Length 182.88M
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW VEINS AND STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND SULFIDES IN GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenback

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cambiex Usa, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. INCLUDED WITH GREENBACK PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 3000 FEET. PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. INCLUDED WITH GREENBACK PRODUCTION

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.112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M015206) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Deposit FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS

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

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