Lilly

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042728
MRDS ID M060664
Record type Site
Current site name Lilly
Related records 10273889

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.60532, 42.03871 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 008W 35 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUSPECT ALSO AU, AG AS COMMODITIES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.60532, 42.03871

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Between Serpentine And Greenstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES OF MASSIVE SULFIDES IN SHEARED GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Period Early 1900'S
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^300 Tons Ore At 16 - 28 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 22wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN ONE TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.205

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA - WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON; USGS BULL. 846-B, P.168

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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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