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Gold Hill Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Molybdenum
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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 10039115
MRDS ID M046658
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill Pocket
Related records 10298218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.01947, 42.44316 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF GOLD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 036S 003W 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Platinum Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PLATINUM WAS 0.32 OZ PER TON ACCORDING TO SHELTER RETURNS (MERTIE, 1969, P. 99)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.01947, 42.44316
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR VEIN
    Strike N20W
    Dip 80E
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Cut By An East-West Vertical Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1857
Discoverer Emigrant And Partners
Production years 1857-

Mining district

District name Klamath Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • THE POCKET EXTENDED TO ONLY 15 FEET BELOW THE OUTCROP. PLATINUM WAS 0.33 OZ PER TON ACCORDING TO SMELTER RETURNS (MERTIE, 1969, P. 99)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL. 61, 337 P.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., JR., 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 630, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    KELLOGG, A.F., 1922, PLATINUM IN THE QUARTZ VEINS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON. ENG. AND MINING JOUR. V. 113, P.1000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKET
Deposit PLATINUM OCCURRENCE NOT CONFIRMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-76 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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