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Unnamed Beryllium Claims

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Beryllium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048431
MRDS ID MP00016
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Beryllium Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.68725, 42.64261 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 25 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD, Estimated Within Area Of Known Beryllium Occurrences

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 033S}034S 001E}001E 27}03,10,15,17,18 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ON BIG BUTTE CREEK ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF MCLEOD WITHIN AREA OF BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES. 81 CLAIMS WERE REPORTEDLY STAKED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Phenacite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Development Of Bentonitic Clay Minerals, Silica (Chalcedony And Quartz Crystals) Deposition In Cavities

Analytical data

Result TUFF REPORTED TO CONTAIN 5-12% BE OXIDE
Result HOWEVER, SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF SAMPLES SHOWED ONLY TRACES OF BE WELL WITHIN EXPECTED VALUES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS SUCH AS ARE FOUND IN AREA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.68725, 42.64261
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form "DISSEMINATED"

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GRANITIC OR PEGMATITIC ROCKS ARE PRESENT IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Lull, James Rhino, Grants Pass
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES, QUARRY, ASSESSMENT WORK TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1943, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. II, SEC. 2 - JACKSON COUNTY, P. 198-199

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INADEQUATE DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCES IN REFERENCE AND INDICATION THAT PROPERTY CONTAINS LITTLE BE AND IS NOT LIKELY TO BE ECONOMIC. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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