Mount Reuben

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042739
MRDS ID M060690
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Reuben
Alternate or previous names Gary Johnson
Related records 10225620

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.59505, 42.72204 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 008W 12 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VER LITTLE QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Stained, Red -Brown Porous Gossan

Analytical data

Result 23 ASSAYS INDICATE TR TO 0.145 OZ/T AU & 0.50 OZ/T AG, PICKED SAMPLE OF MASSIVE CP & CC ASSAYED 6.9% CU
Result OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYED 0.1 TO 0.4 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.59505, 42.72204

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hanging Wall Of Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NORTHERLY
    Dip 50-85 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSES OF QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE OCCUR IN A SHEAR ZONE IN METAVOLCANICS. ; GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE APPEARS TO BE ANDESITIC METASEDIMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1937

Mining district

District name Mt. Reuben

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, 4 SHAFTS TO 40', STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    YOUNGBERG, E.A., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P. 23

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT NOT GONE BEYOND OXIDIZED ZONE
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013307) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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