Almeda

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Barium-Barite
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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042749
MRDS ID M060726
Record type Site
Current site name Almeda
Related records 10128527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.58533, 42.6101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galice(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)

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 034S 008W 13 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Rogue Formation;Rogue Formation
    Rock description Rogue Formation;Rogue Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.58533, 42.6101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 80-90E
    Thickness 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between Dacite Porphyry And Slate.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Discoverer J.C. Mattison, J.F. Wickham & R.C. Kinney
Year of first production 1905
Production years 1911-1916

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Texasgulf Inc.
    Home office Denver, Co
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Perron, Wes

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1911-1916
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.09 Au, 2.9 Ag, 0.8 Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 23g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 82g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 2236.93M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7339 FEET OF DEVELOPMENT ON SIX LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LARGER STOPES RANGED FROM 12 TO 25 FEET IN WIDTH
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013299) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1898 -1900

Reporter information

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

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

External references