| Deposit ID | 10042919 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061225 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Gate |
| Related records | 10249352 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.38644, 42.86176 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 960 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Douglas(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McCullough Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Canyonville(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Douglas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 031S | 006W | 23 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Rogue Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Rogue Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -123.38644, 42.86176 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone Near Dothan Contact |
| General form | DISSEMINATED & STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30-60E |
| Dip | 50-70 SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1928; 1940 |
| District name | Silver Peak |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1928-1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^.05 Au | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1928-1940 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^ .003 Ag | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061225 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410190015 |
RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P.27
WHITE, D.J. AND WOLFE, H.D., 1950, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AREA FROM PANTHER BUTTE TO TELLURIUM PEAK, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ORE BIN, VOL. 12, NO. 11, P.74
SHENNON, P.J., 1933, COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE SQUAW CREEK AND SILVER PEAK DISTRICTS AND AT THE ALMEDA MINE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS CIRC. 2, P.23
USBM
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NORTHERN EXTENSION OF SILVER PEAK MINERALIZED ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-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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