Scott Mine

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042867
MRDS ID M061104
Record type Site
Current site name Scott Mine
Related records 10298913

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.13114, 42.26316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 004W 13 NW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.13114, 42.26316

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Intersection?

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 60

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 300 FOOT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L, 1959, SCOTT MINE, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO REFERENCES FOUND FOR THIS MINE

Reporter information

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