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Golden Eagle

Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Mercury
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036317
MRDS ID M025083
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle
Alternate or previous names Stone Foot
Related records 10200429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.8181, 42.25204 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearsoll Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 010W 24 SE OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES OF GOUGE ASSAYED 0.12 - 0.40 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE AG, HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN A BLANKET MIXTURE OF CRUSHED, IRON STAINED QUARTZ WITH CLAY AND OTHER ROCK FRAGMENTS LYING PARALLEL TO THE HILL SLOPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Chetco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James, William C.
    Home office Bend, Or.
    First year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED AS HYDRAULIC PLACER AND AS OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 39

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LANDSLIDE DEBRIS

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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