Little Arctic

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109686
MRDS ID M061291
Record type Site
Current site name Little Arctic
Related records 10152499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.20309, 42.71176 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 004W 08 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD IN OXIDIZED ZONE; ARSENOPYRITE IN SULFIDE ZONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.20309, 42.71176

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1936-1965

Mining district

District name Greenback

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chauncy Florery
    First year 1962

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period 1936-1965
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2 Au, 0.25 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 8g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 63g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, ADIT, WKGS 500', STOPES INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H C AND RAMP, L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL 61, P 229

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N J AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And 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

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