Knott Claim

Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036373
MRDS ID M025162
Record type Site
Current site name Knott Claim
Alternate or previous names Part of the Champion Group, Bohemia Mine
Related records 10225705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.62282, 43.57899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearbones Mountain(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 13 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.62282, 43.57899

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATTER IS ALMOST COMPLETELY OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bohemia

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Umpqua National Area

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY EQUIPPED WITH 5 STAMP MILL WHICH OPERATED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST PRODUCTION IN THE BOHEMIA DISTRICT IS CREDITED TO THIS PROSPECT

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS PROPERTY EQUIPPED WITH 5 STAMP MILL WHICH OPERATED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST PRODUCTION IN THE BOHEMIA DISTRICT IS CREDITED TO THIS PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 54

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.