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Gold Plate

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042953
MRDS ID M061310
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Plate
Alternate or previous names Iron Cube
Related records 10176788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08947, 42.5251 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McConville Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(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)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 003W 17 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08947, 42.5251
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 72E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1935-1940

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1930-1945
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.4 Au, Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 40g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • USBM PROD. FIGURES DO NOT AGREE WITH ESTIMATES.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, STOPES USBM PROD. FIGURES DO NOT AGREE WITH ESTIMATES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.254

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.S. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS GEOL. MAP 848

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS -GOLD PLATE (MAJOR) & IRON CUBE

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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