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North and South Queen of Bronze

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177246
MRDS ID M060841
MAS/MILS ID 0410330016
Record type Site
Current site name North and South Queen of Bronze
Alternate or previous names Queen of Bronze
Related records 10042804

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.59925, 42.04982 (WGS84)
Elevation 730
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 040 S 008 W 36 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Cobaltite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.59925, 42.04982
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 180M
    Width 100M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 821126

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Takilma-Waldo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Waite Minerals,Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chauncey Florey
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-1992 Pierce, Paul A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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