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Bula Mine

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095670
MRDS ID M061681
Record type Site
Current site name Bula Mine
Alternate or previous names Lamb Mine, Golden Butte?
Related records 10273973

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67229, 44.85148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

North Santiam River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Molalla-Pudding(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(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 39S 01E 27;28 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON A RIDGE ABOUT ONE HALF MILE EAST OF ASHLAND CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67229, 44.85148
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Comments on the production information

  • GOLDEN BUTTE PROSPECT CREDITED WITH VERY SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SHALLOW SHAFT AND 870 FT IN TWO ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.29

  • Production

    VSBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POOR RECOVERY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1987 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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