Blossom

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098519
MRDS ID M061311
Record type Site
Current site name Blossom
Related records 10128952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.09836, 42.51982 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McConville Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(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 035S 003W 19 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name May Creek Schist
    Rock description May Creek Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.09836, 42.51982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 80S
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE IS ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1932-1935

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1928-1935
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Au, 0.05 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 0g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 0g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1928 PROD. NOT RECORDED BY USBM

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, WKGS 500, STOPE 1928 PROD. NOT RECORDED BY USBM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.247

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.51

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIBED AS "VEIN OF CRUSHED ROCK"; OXIDIZED IN UPPER ADIT

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.