| Deposit ID | 10040967 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055867 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Frog Pond |
| Related records | 10225793 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.51309, 42.00566 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Josephine(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Takilma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Illinois(hydrologic unit)
Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Josephine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 041S | 007W | 15 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Result | UNWEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 123 AU ASSAYS IN 1938 WAS 0.19 OZ/TON & FOR 74 AG ASSAYS 1.22 OZ/TON |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Applegate Group |
| Rock description | Applegate Group |
| (1) | -123.51309, 42.00566 |
|---|
| Width | 31.7M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055867 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410330388 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942: ODGMI BULL 14-C VOL 2, SEC 1, P 199
BROOKS, H C AND RAMP L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 61, P 252.
RAMP, L AND PETERSON, N V, 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 100, TABLE 1, NO 452
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE WELL DEFINED ORE ZONES REPORTED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1976 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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