Highland Claim

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095682
MRDS ID M062180
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Claim
Related records 10176992, 10201639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16558, 42.33371 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position ABOUT 12 MI SOUTHWEST OF GOLD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Applegate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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 037S 004W 22 SW4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIGHT FORK OF FOOTS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT OCCURRENCE NOT CONFIRMED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SMELTER RETURNS INDICATED 0.32 OZ/TON (11 PPM) (KELLOGG, 1922)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16558, 42.33371

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NE
    Dip 35SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cook And Swacker
    First year 1916

Comments on the production information

  • BYPRODUCT PGE REPORTED IN SMELTER RETURNS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1943, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 2, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON V. 2, NO. 4, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 630, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    KELLOGG, A.F., 1922, PLATINUM IN THE QUARTZ VEINS OF SOUTHWEST OREGON: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 113, P. 1000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN PITS AND CAVITIES IN BLUE QUARTZ IN THE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-DEC-1993 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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