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Bull of the Woods Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098510
MRDS ID M061043
Record type Site
Current site name Bull of the Woods Prospect
Related records 10201885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.03503, 42.44538 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 003W 15 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 50% FREE MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.03503, 42.44538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 75-80SE
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1933-1939

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1933-1939
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Au, 0.35 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 0g/mt
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT SHAFT WITH 266 FT OF DRIFTS AND TUNNELS ON THREE LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.249

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.57

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN IN RESILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013896) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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