| Deposit ID | 10042749 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060726 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Almeda |
| Related records | 10128527 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.58533, 42.6101 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Josephine(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galice(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Josephine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 034S | 008W | 13 | SE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| Rock unit name | Rogue Formation;Rogue Formation |
| Rock description | Rogue Formation;Rogue Formation |
| (1) | -123.58533, 42.6101 |
|---|
| Strike | N30E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80-90E |
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Discoverer | J.C. Mattison, J.F. Wickham & R.C. Kinney |
| Year of first production | 1905 |
| Production years | 1911-1916 |
| District name | Galice |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Texasgulf Inc. |
| Home office | Denver, Co |
| First year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Perron, Wes |
| Year | 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1911-1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.09 Au, 2.9 Ag, 0.8 Cu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 2236.93M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060726 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410330162 |
RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45 P
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 206
LIBBEY, F.W., 1967, THE ALMEDA MINE, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI SHORT PAPER 24, 53 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE LARGER STOPES RANGED FROM 12 TO 25 FEET IN WIDTH |
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBER (M013299) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1898 -1900 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.