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Ramsey Lake

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048665
MRDS ID MP00278
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.98892, 42.5251 (WGS84)
Elevation 597
Relative position ABOUT 0.2 MI SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SHORE OF RAMSEY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boswell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(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 035S 002W 18 NW4 OF SW4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF ALTERED MICA SCHIST YIELDED 120 PPB AU, 38 PPB AG, 1.33 PPM AS, 290 PPM CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name May Creek Schist;Payne Cliffs Formation
    Rock description May Creek Schist;Payne Cliffs Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.98892, 42.5251
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED AREA EXTENDS INTO TERTIARY ROCKS SUGGESTING A TERTIARY AGE OF ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill (?)

Comments on the workings information

  • TYPE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WILEY AND HLADKY, 1991

  • Deposit

    WILEY, T.J., AND HLADKY, F.R., 1991, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE BOSWELL MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOLOGICAL MAP SERIES GMS-70, SCALE 1:24,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. LOCATION WITHIN MAY CREEK SCHIST MAY SUGGEST LOW-SULFIDE GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1994 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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