Barron Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042892
MRDS ID M061176
Record type Site
Current site name Barron Mine
Alternate or previous names Alton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.55279, 42.16594 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Lake(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
Willamette 039S 002E 23 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Sericite, Carbonate, Cherty Quartz & Calcite &Barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.55279, 42.16594

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BRANCHING & INTERSECTING
    Strike N38W
    Dip 80NE
    Length 13.72M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Altered Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Production years 1917-1919 ; 1923

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davenhauer, Joe
    First year 1971

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Period 1917-1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.05au, 0.65 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 2g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, WINZE 50, WKGS 1000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER M013805 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

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.

External references