Evans Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095663
MRDS ID M061526
Record type Site
Current site name Evans Creek Prospect
Related records 10201510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96086, 42.60954 (WGS84)
Elevation 853

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 17 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result USBM SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.70 TO 32.20 % MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Applegate Formation;Applegate Formation
    Rock description Applegate Formation;Applegate Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96086, 42.60954

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description No Shearing Or Alteration Noted To Distinguish Zone Of Mn Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS
    Strike N75-80E
    Dip 45 S
    Length 62.48M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhodonite Is Invariably W/In 125 Ft Of Quartz-Schist Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES 700, ADIT 33

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INVEST 5369, P.40

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL USBM REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL, DISCONNECTED PODS IN A ZONE
Deposit SELECTED AS 1 OF 2 RHODONITE DEPOSITS FOR LIMITED EXPLORATION AS TYPICAL OF THESE IN APPLEGATE FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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