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Rowley Mine

Occurrence in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042904
MRDS ID M061198
Record type Site
Current site name Rowley Mine
Alternate or previous names Umpqua Copper Group
Related records 10128828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94393, 42.81565 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richter Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 002W 4 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result SURFACE SAMPLES FROM # 1 ZONE AVERAGED 0.5 % CU. FIVE FOOT SAMPLE ACROSS THE # 2 ZONE ASSAYED 0.01 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.03 OZ/TON AG
Result 1.1 % CU
Result 7.3% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Applegate Group (May Creek Schist)
    Rock description Applegate Group (May Creek Schist)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94393, 42.81565
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike #1 -N; #2 -N20W
    Dip #1 -60E; #2 -NE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 45.72M
  • Strike #1 -N; #2 -N20W
    Dip #1 -60E; #2 -NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • EAST ZONE CONSISTS OF ALTERED SCHIST WITH STREAKS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE. WEST ZONE IS SMALLER AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT GRANULAR PYRITE WITH MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peer, Edward S.
    Home office Burbank, Ca
    First year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES 1500, 3 ADITS, WKGS 500

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEARED AND METAMORPHOSED NO. 1 IS 1000 FT X 150 FT; NO. 2 IS 150 FT X 12 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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