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Star Mine

Producer in Lane 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036392
MRDS ID M025182
Record type Site
Current site name Star Mine
Related records 10274131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.70698, 43.56176 (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)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(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 20 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -122.70698, 43.56176
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40-75 W
    Dip 50-80 S
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of N 45-55 W Trending Veins With N 65-80 W Trending Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED ALTERED ANDESITE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND WHITE TO IRON-STAINED, FREQUENTLY VUGGY QUARTZ.

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 National Forest
Area name Umpqua National Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TWELVE ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 1300 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 319

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PARALLEL VEINS. ORE SHOOTS WERE 3 TO 5 FT IN WIDTH AND 10 FT LONG.

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

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