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Reed

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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042984
MRDS ID M061399
Record type Site
Current site name Reed
Related records 10305590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99614, 42.55676 (WGS84)
Elevation 747

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boswell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(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 01 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN IN 1937 RANGE FROM TRACE TO $20/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99614, 42.55676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1922-1937

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED ABOUT 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITSDISCOVERED ABOUT 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H C AND RAMP, L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL 61, P 263

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1977 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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