Bratcher

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043032
MRDS ID M061504
Record type Site
Current site name Bratcher
Related records 10152385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.75363, 42.17816 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001E 18 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.75363, 42.17816

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 45.72M
    Width 8.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closely Fractured Zone Coincident With Highest Scheelite Concentration

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1949-1951

Mining district

District name Ashland

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1949-1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.1-1.1 Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 17g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT 25X250X15 DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H.D. AND WHITE, D.J., 1951, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON TUNGSTEN IN OREGON; ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22, P.9

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (D001346) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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