| Deposit ID | 10042892 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061176 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Barron Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Alton |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.55279, 42.16594 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 039S | 002E | 23 | N | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| Rock unit name | Little Butte Volcanics | ||
| Rock description | Little Butte Volcanics | ||
| |||
| (1) | -122.55279, 42.16594 |
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| General form | BRANCHING & INTERSECTING |
|---|---|
| Strike | N38W |
| Dip | 80NE |
| Length | 13.72M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to bottom | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1883 |
| Production years | 1917-1919 ; 1923 |
| District name | Ashland |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Davenhauer, Joe |
| First year | 1971 |
| Year | 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1917-1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.05au, 0.65 Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061176 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290315 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.26
CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P.134
CALLAGHAN & BUDDINGTON, 1938; USBM
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBER M013805 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. |
| 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 |
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