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Golden Mary Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042820
MRDS ID M061020
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Mary Prospect
Related records 10298418

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.27754, 42.40315 (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)

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 036S 005W 34 N OF N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N EDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Manganese & Iron Oxides

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.27754, 42.40315
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization In Northeast Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: "GREENSTONE":HIGHLY SILICEOUS COUNTRY ROCK APPEARS TO BE ALTERED TUFF OR RHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1926-1927

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1927
    Period 1926-1927
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4 Au, 0.1 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF TOTAL PRODUCTION; SEVERAL RICH POCKETS

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TWO LEVELS 600 NO RECORD OF TOTAL PRODUCTION; SEVERAL RICH POCKETS

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

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.253

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013411) 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-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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