Ashland Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103896
MRDS ID M060821
Record type Site
Current site name Ashland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.7578, 42.19177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES W. OF ASHLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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 039S 001E 07 NW OF NW OF NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2.19 AU:AG

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Veins Oxidized To A Depth Of 100 Ft.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 45 SE
    Plunge direction S
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 1609.3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 274.32M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROPERTY IS ON A FISSURE VEIN IN GRANODIORITE ALONG THE CONTACT WITH HORNFELSED METASEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Year of first production 1901

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1886-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3-5.0 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 84g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY $1,300,000 ORE HAS BEEN PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3352.8M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE CAME FROM TWO DISTINCT SHOOTS THAT WERE AS MUCH AS 500 FT. APART IN THE VEIN, BUT SEEM TO CONVERGE AT DEPTH. MAIN MINE DEVELOPMENT BY INCLINED SHAFT. REPORTEDLY $1,300,000 ORE HAS BEEN PRODUCED

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SOME GOLD FREE MILLING; SOME COMBINED WITH PYRITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS (W017022), (M013837), AND (M013787) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. 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.

External references