Musick

Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036357
MRDS ID M025145
Record type Site
Current site name Musick
Related records 10153269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65504, 43.57788 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023S 001E 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE MUSICK VEIN HAS A HIGHER PROPORTION OF GALENA THAN OTHER VEINS IN THE BOHEMIA DISTRICT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result STOPE SAMPLE (TABER, 1949) ASSAYED 0.38 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.7 OZ/TON AG
Result 5.6% PB
Result 5.7% ZN
Result AND 1.2% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basaltic lava flows

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45-90W
    Dip 65-90S
    Length 548.64M
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS MOSTLY RHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Discoverer James C. Musick

Mining district

District name Bohemia

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Umpqua National Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 7200 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS PLUS NUMEROUS STOPES, RAISES, AND WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 3

  • Deposit

    LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION

  • Deposit

    TABER, J.W., 1949, A RECONNAISSANCE OF LODE MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, OREGON; USBM INF. CIRC. 7512, P. 28

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN HAS SEVERAL SHARP BENDS IN ITS COURSE. ORE SHOOTS AS MUCH AS 375 FEET IN LENGTH AND 5 FT IN WIDTH HAVE BEEN MINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references