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Mammouth Lode

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Mercury, 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. 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 10232659
MRDS ID M055916
MAS/MILS ID 0410290126
Record type Site
Current site name Mammouth Lode
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Lode
Related records 10041007

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.95175, 42.76262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richter Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(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

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032 S 002 W 28 W2W2W2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.95175, 42.76262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 10M
    Length 15M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N50E:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 970108

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George Moore And Edward Pease
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Walther-Daniel G. Poppa-Dr. Alfred B. Peacock 1943
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 5, P. 101.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JAN-97 Hull, D.A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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