Winchester-Housten

Prospect 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. 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 10042887
MRDS ID M061159
Record type Site
Current site name Winchester-Housten
Alternate or previous names Hershberger, Hustin, Sprague
Related records 10201323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.98142, 42.38594 (WGS84)
Relative position ON LANE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sams Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
037S 002W 06 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Nonmarine sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 228.6M
  • Length 12874.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jacksonville

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC & 1 YD SHOVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OMMH, 1943, V1, SEC2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Johnson, Maureen G. 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.