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Summit Lake

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043292
MRDS ID M061930
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Lake
Related records 10128514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.02835, 42.014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 003W 11 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Condrey Mtn. Schists;Condrey Mtn. Schists;Condrey Mtn. Schists
    Rock description Condrey Mtn. Schists;Condrey Mtn. Schists;Condrey Mtn. Schists

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.02835, 42.014
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Located At The Base Of A Major Thrust Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE TALC PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY REPLACES PODS AND KNOCKERS OF SERPENTINE. PERM-TRI APPLEGATE GROUP PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1973

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pugh, John

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N V AND RAMP, L, 1978, SOAPSTONE INDUSTRY IN SOUTHWEST OREGON, 1978, THE ORE BIN, VOL 40, NO 9, P 149

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. 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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