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Snapshot Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042893
MRDS ID M061178
Record type Site
Current site name Snapshot Claim
Alternate or previous names Cleveland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.79585, 42.15789 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(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 001W 23 SW OF SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW COR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.79585, 42.15789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 66ENE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TONALITE ADJACENT TO THE VEIN IS HIGHLY MINERALIZED IN PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 41

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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