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Skyline

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032334
MRDS ID M013791
Record type Site
Current site name Skyline
Related records 10201502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.74696, 42.154 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position NW1/4, AT 4750 FEET ELEVATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(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 039S 001E 30 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2.971 AU:AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.74696, 42.154
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS MAPPED AS QUARTZ DIORITE BY WELLS (1956)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1932-1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.73 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 21g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 70 AND 109 FT SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.275

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 275.

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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

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

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