Humdinger

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042857
MRDS ID M061088
Record type Site
Current site name Humdinger
Related records 10249654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.29976, 42.26704 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 038S 005W 21 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VALUES VARIABLE BUT INCREASE WITH SULFIDE CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Apophyllite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS - OXIDIZED ORE - 0.40 OZ AU & 2.2 OZ AG
Result UNOXIDIZED? 1.12 OZ AU, 4.70 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.29976, 42.26704

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MULTIPLE, BRANCHING VEINLETS
    Strike NW
    Dip 60NE
    Width 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1927-1959 (INTERMITTENT)

Mining district

District name Lower Applegate

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Slade, George
    Home office Medford, Or
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PRODUCTION 1900'S; NO GOOD RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 42.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FEET ON THREE LEVELS MOST PRODUCTION 1900'S; NO GOOD RECORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013422) 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-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