Bristol Limestone

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042836
MRDS ID M061056
Record type Site
Current site name Bristol Limestone
Related records 10201203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.11058, 42.38788 (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 037S 003W 06 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Analytical data

Result 97% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.11058, 42.38788

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 182.88M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P.251

  • Deposit

    TREASHER, R.C., 1940, BRISTOL LIMESTONE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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.