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Sterling Gold Quartz Mining Co.

Past 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043014
MRDS ID M061475
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Gold Quartz Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Kate-El, Producer
Related records 10274246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9442, 42.22844 (WGS84)
Elevation 853

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 038S 002W 33 N OF N OF N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9442, 42.22844
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, SEAMS
    Strike N45W
    Dip 80SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 700 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON THREE LEVELS. SOME STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1943, V. 2, P. 189-190.

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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