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Burris Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Manganese
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043052
MRDS ID M061529
Record type Site
Current site name Burris Prospect
Related records 10176636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78669, 42.19233 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001W 11 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 26.8 % AND 14.1 % MN RESPECTIVELY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.78669, 42.19233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Length 3.66M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold Occur Along Fractures In Rhodonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY TEST PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INVEST. 5369, P.38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. 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

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