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Afterthought

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032361
MRDS ID M013855
Record type Site
Current site name Afterthought
Alternate or previous names Bailey
Related records 10298267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16003, 42.23733 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position SE1/4, AT 2300 FEET ELEVATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tallowbox Mountain(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

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 038S 004W 27 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE-2.23 OZ/TON AU
Result NIL-0.40 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16003, 42.23733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN SMALL, WHITE-TO BLUISH QUARTZ VEIN WITH SOME SULFIDES AND RARE CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Myrl Hogue
    Home office Williams, Or.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS MILLED IN AN ARRASTRA. PRODUCTION SMALL.

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 500 FT OF WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS ORE WAS MILLED IN AN ARRASTRA. PRODUCTION SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.246

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.151

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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