Macfarlane Brick Plant

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Clay
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032202
MRDS ID M013501
Record type Site
Current site name Macfarlane Brick Plant
Related records 10225825

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.58698, 42.3351 (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

Selma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 008W 24 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Shale, mudstone, and sandstone

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLAY APPEARS TO BE DEEPLY WEATHERED SLATE OF THE GALICE FORMATION. IT IS INTERBEDDED WITH A DECOMPOSED SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois -Chetco

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Klamath Falls Brick And Tile Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 135

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.