Yankee Silver Lode

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043260
MRDS ID M061855
Record type Site
Current site name Yankee Silver Lode
Related records 10273887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.6031, 42.58621 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galice(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
034S 008W 25 NW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 COR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sericite Gangue
Barite Unknown

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE - 0.34 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.2 - 9.46 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.3 - 0.5 % PB
Result 0.01 - 0.20 % ZN AND NIL CU. HIGH GRADE ASSAYED 46.15 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.6031, 42.58621

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip SE
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BARITE AND SULFIDES SIMILAR TO ALMEDA MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont Exploration, Ltd.
    First year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Reynolds, George

Comments on the workings information

  • 175 FEET OF TUNNELS.

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

    RAMP, L., 1968, YANKEE SILVER LODE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VOLCANOGENIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.