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Trust Buster

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032381
MRDS ID M013889
Record type Site
Current site name Trust Buster
Alternate or previous names Golden Cross, Golden Wedge
Related records 10274109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.01281, 42.48565 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position AT ABOUT 1700 FEET ELEVATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 003W 36 W OF W Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 4.81 AU:AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.01281, 42.48565
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 46SW
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Junction Of Two Veins Mined To Surface

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE APPLEGATE METASEDIMENTS AND DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.29 Oz/Ton Au, 0.06 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 2g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • USBM

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 100 FT TUNNEL WITH A RAISE TO THE SURFACE AND A 20 FT SHAFTUSBM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.265

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 115

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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