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Ramsey Lake

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054738
MRDS ID OR07841
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey Lake
Related records 10152578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99031, 42.52482 (WGS84)
Elevation 585

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
35S 02W 18 NW OF SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization. Silicification, Iron Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99031, 42.52482
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersections Of Widely Spaced (1.5 Meter) Foliation Parallel Shears
  • Narrowly Spaced (27 Meter) High Angle Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Intersections Of Widely Spaced (1.5\\Meter) Foliation Parallel Shears (N-S, 55e) And Narrowly Spaced (27/Meter) High Angle Shears (N20w, 75sw)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT FACE 50 FT ACROSS LIES WITHIN BROAD AREA OF ALTERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILEY, T.J., AND HLADKY, F.R., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE BOSWELL MOUNTAIN QUADRANGE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON:OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES GEOL MAP SERIES GMS-70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKING SMALL WITH RESPECT TO ALTERATION ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Hladky, Frank R. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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