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Lowry Antimony Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Antimony
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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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042881
MRDS ID M061135
Record type Site
Current site name Lowry Antimony Mine
Alternate or previous names Antimony, Applegate, Stibnite #1 & 2
Related records 10152451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12642, 42.06455 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(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)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 004W 25 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12642, 42.06455
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE SHOOTS MAY BE LOCALLIZED AT SHEAR INTERSECTIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1917-1940'S
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Antimony Antimony 40wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 20-25 TONS STOCKPILED AT PORTAL IN 1944.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 500 FT IN FOUR TUNNELS20-25 TONS STOCKPILED AT PORTAL IN 1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N S, 1944, ANTIMONY IN OREGON; ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER NO 13, P 13

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 170

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE D001986 HAS BEEN DELETED.

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

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