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Hugo Silica

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042967
MRDS ID M061351
Record type Site
Current site name Hugo Silica
Alternate or previous names Snowball Group
Related records 10201756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.43421, 42.55538 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merlin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 006W 05 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 104

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grants Pass Pluton
    Rock description Grants Pass Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.43421, 42.55538
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 50X50X15 DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 78

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And 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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