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Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Tin, Tellurium
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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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042821
MRDS ID M061022
Record type Site
Current site name Molybdenum Prospect
Related records 10201578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.17976, 42.4451 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rogue River(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 004W 16 CENTER OF N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.17976, 42.4451
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 30-60NE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LODE MAY REPRESENT A SERIES OF ANASTOMOSING VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Irwin, Jeff
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT TUNNEL (CAVED) AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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