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Star Mine

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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032364
MRDS ID M013858
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine
Related records 10176699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.21697, 42.22789 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position NE1/4, ABOUT 2600 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 039S 004W 06 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 4.116 AU:AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.21697, 42.22789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE ARGILLITE AND METAVOLCANICS OF APPLEGATE GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Period 1929-1932
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.12 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 116g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 800 TONS OF $2.00 TO $4.00 ROCK WERE MILLED BY1914 FROM THE OPEN PIT.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY AND SMALL ADITS ABOUT 800 TONS OF $2.00 TO $4.00 ROCK WERE MILLED BY 1914 FROM THE OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.264

  • Production

    USBM

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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