Jewett Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Tellurium, Bismuth, Silver, Arsenic, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042819
MRDS ID M061019
Record type Site
Current site name Jewett Mine
Related records 10273886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.28226, 42.40399 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grants Pass(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 005W 27 SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • W COR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tellurium Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Altaite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.28226, 42.40399

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-55W
    Dip 75NE
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1926-1928

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1926-1928
    Material 0RE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.4 Au, 0.5 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 14g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 181g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRE-1926 PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 1000 FEET OF WORKINGS IN TWO ADITS AND A SHAFT. (1914)PRE-1926 PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013412) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Deposit ORE PRODUCED PARTLY BY REPLACEMENT & PARTLY BY DEPOSITION AS A CEMENT IN THE BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references