| Deposit ID | 10103896 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060821 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ashland Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.7578, 42.19177 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1036 |
| Relative position | 2 1/2 MILES W. OF ASHLAND |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 039S | 001E | 07 | NW OF NW OF NW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | Granitic rocks |
|---|
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1886 |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1886-1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.3-5.0 Oz/Ton Au | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 3352.8M |
| Overall depth | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060821 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290265 |
HOTZ, P.E., 1971, GEOLOGY OF LODE GOLD DISTRICTS IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 1290 P. 57
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 271-273
PARKS, H.M. AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 16-19: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
USBM
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBERS (W017022), (M013837), AND (M013787) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| 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 |
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