| Deposit ID | 10042986 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061404 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oak Mine |
| Related records | 10225282 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.30809, 42.55038 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 488 |
| Relative position | ADJACENT TO COVE CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Josephine(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sexton Mountain(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Josephine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 035S | 005W | 04 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | OLD ASSAYS ON 63 SAMPLES (CIRCA 1938) GAVE OVER 1% CU, .07 OZ AU &.6 OZ AG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt | ||
| Rock unit name | Applegate Group | ||
| Rock description | Applegate Group | ||
| |||
| (1) | -123.30809, 42.55038 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Parallels Mineralized Zone, Probably Pre Ore |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25W |
| Dip | 70W |
| Length | 18.29M |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 15.24M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Production years | 1932-1933 |
| District name | Grants Pass |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oak Mining Co. |
| First year | 1967 |
| Year | 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1932-1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.07 Au, 0.6 Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061404 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410330148 |
RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.231
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.88
USBM
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT ALSO REFERRED TO AS REPLACEMENT, ORE PENETRATES COUNTRY ROCK |
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBERS (M013460) AND (M015225) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | 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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