Gaylord Tunnel

Occurrence in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095291
MRDS ID M025054
Record type Site
Current site name Gaylord Tunnel
Related records 10274249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55497, 42.63874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paisley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Abert(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Abert(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 018E 11 E OF E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.04-0.05 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE-6.10 OZ/TON AG
Result TRACE-12.49% PB
Result TRACE-12.53% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55497, 42.63874

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 90
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Frank Boswell

Mining district

District name Brattain

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Fremont National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 136 FT CROSSCUT WITH 65 FT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.V. AND MCINTYRE, J.R., 1970, THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 51

  • Deposit

    MUNTZERT, J.K., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BRATTAIN DISTRICT, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS THESIS, 70 PP.

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1950, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BRATTAIN MINING AREA, PAISLEY, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS, 74 PP.

  • Deposit

    BALDWIN, E.M. AND MASON, R.S., 1947, PAISLEY LEAD-ZINC DISTRICT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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