Sylvanite

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109329
MRDS ID M013890
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvanite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.02142, 42.46982 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2, FROM 1300 TO 1600 FEET ELEVATION.

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)

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 36S 03W 02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.02142, 42.46982

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONES IN APPLEGATE GROUP METAVOLCANICS AND ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill-Applegate-Waldo Area, 10

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION NOT REPORTED, BUT MAIN RICH SHOOT REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED ABOUT $700,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 61, PG. 264

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references