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Golden Star

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032366
MRDS ID M013861
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Star
Related records 10201815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.17364, 42.11316 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 4000 FEET ELEVATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 004W 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.17364, 42.11316
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEARLY VERTICAL QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN AS MUCH AS 2 FEET WIDE IN N. 70 DEG. E. SHEAR ZONE IN GREENSTONE CONTAINS PYRITE AND SOME FREE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED IN 1935, PRODUCED $400, RELOCATED IN 1937.

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 AND 40 FT SHAFTS DISCOVERED IN 1935, PRODUCED $400, RELOCATED IN 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.253

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.162

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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