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Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Josephine 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 10036309
MRDS ID M025072
Record type Site
Current site name Hill Prospect
Related records 10153037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.46783, 42.56788 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merlin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 006W 06 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON QUARTZ CREEK ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grants Pass Pluton
    Rock description Grants Pass Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Galice
    Rock description Galice

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 55 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALCITE VEINLETS IN SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, D.J. 1952, HILL PROSPECT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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