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Climax Gold Area

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036433
MRDS ID M025231
Record type Site
Current site name Climax Gold Area
Alternate or previous names Gypsum Occurrence
Related records 10176876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.63474, 42.29511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rio Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 001E 06 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE WEST OF CLIMAX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRECIOUS METALS ARE KNOWN TO OCCUR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Pyrite Ore
Aragonite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) Landslide and debris-flow deposits
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONE OF DISSEMINATED PYRITE ALTERING TO GYPSUM IN HIGHLY ALTERED TUFF AND BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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