Reeder

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032333
MRDS ID M013790
Record type Site
Current site name Reeder
Related records 10298901

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.72085, 42.15789 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position SE1/4, ABOUT 3000 FEET ELEVATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001E 20 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.72085, 42.15789

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 80NE
    Length 328.08M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE STRIKES NORTHWEST AND DIPS ABOUT 80 DEG. NE. IN SHEARED QUARTZ DIORITE AND WITH PEGMATITE APLITE DIKE WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY SOME ORE SHIPPED IN EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • 790 FT OF WORKINGS IN THREE ADITS.REPORTEDLY SOME ORE SHIPPED IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.274

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.38

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 1, NO. 5, P.117

  • Production

    WINCHELL (1914)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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