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Saint Patrick Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109370
MRDS ID M015317
Record type Site
Current site name Saint Patrick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.61172, 42.65788 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 008W 35 NW OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW1/4SE1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM THE ORE SHOOT ASSAYED 0.02 - 1.06 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.61172, 42.65788
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Contact
Type of structure Local
Structure description 40 Foot Wide Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 85W
    Length 15.24M
    Width 2.59M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $1,000

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY ABOUT 400 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ABOUT $1,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    YOUNGBERG, E.A., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P.14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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