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Shorty Hope

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032354
MRDS ID M013838
Record type Site
Current site name Shorty Hope
Related records 10201743

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.77169, 42.20344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position NW1/4, FROM 2400 TO 3500 FEET ELEVATION. IT LIES ON 107 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(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

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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001W 12 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2.672 AU:AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

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 Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.77169, 42.20344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 90
    Width 4.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE APPLEGATE GRP RECRYSTALLIZED METAVOLCANIS & SEDIMENTS, COMPLEXLY INTRUDED BY DIKES AND MASSES OF THE ASHLAND DIORITE BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.17 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 5g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT $30,000

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND SHAFT TOTAL ABOUT 3500 FT OF WORKINGSTOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT $30,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.275

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.39

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD WORKING EXPLORE VEIN ALONG STRIKE FOR 1000 FT.

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

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