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Max Claim

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036430
MRDS ID M025227
Record type Site
Current site name Max Claim
Alternate or previous names Rjb
Related records 10152716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.95141, 42.16622 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 002W 21 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • BELOW THE STERLING DITCH ON MCCORMICK GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ON FILE WITH THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY RUN NIL-0.02 OZ/TON AU
Result NIL-0.30 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.90-6.00% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.95141, 42.16622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 90
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WINCHELL (1914) REPORTS AN OUTCROP OF NEARLY SOLID PYRITE 10 FEET ACROSS IN PARTIALLY SILICIFIED AND PYRITIZED GREENSTONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert Basford
    First year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. VOL. 1, NO. 5, P 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 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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