Huckleberry Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042917
MRDS ID M061223
Record type Site
Current site name Huckleberry Mine
Related records 10200694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.33727, 42.89093 (WGS84)
Elevation 564

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031S 005W 7 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic Schist

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics;Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics;Rogue Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.33727, 42.89093

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE SILVER PEAK MINERALIZED ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1931-1937

Mining district

District name Riddle

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT $2,000, 1912-1915

Comments on the workings information

  • 500+ FEET OF WORKINGS IN TWO ADITS PRODUCED ABOUT $2,000, 1912-1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 38

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.J. AND WOLFE, H.D., 1950, REPORT OF RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AREA FROM PANTHER BUTTE TO TELLURIUM PEAK, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ORE BIN VOL. 30, NO. 11, P. 72

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 105

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

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