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Dutch Ledge

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109484
MRDS ID M025076
Record type Site
Current site name Dutch Ledge
Alternate or previous names North Horn, Mountain King
Related records 10298820

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.28365, 42.27815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 005W 10 NW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE THE "OREGON BONANZA" SHOWN ON THE GRANTS PASS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.90 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Grayback Pluton
    Rock description Grayback Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.28365, 42.27815
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50-80SW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Applegate

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H.D., 1948, DUTCH LEDGE MINE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Production

    WOLFE (1948)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS; POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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