Smuggler Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042833
MRDS ID M061045
Record type Site
Current site name Smuggler Prospect
Related records 10201432, 10250017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.02753, 42.47176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 003W 02 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.02753, 42.47176

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1931-1959

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1931-1959
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.5 Au, 3.4 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 96g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 42g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F G AND OTHERS, 1940, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE, OREGON; ODGMI GEOL MAP

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. WELLS (1940) SHOWS COUNTRY ROCK TO BE ARGILLITE.

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

Beyond USGS

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