Boulder Creek Manganese & Mineral Ledge

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032110
MRDS ID M013233
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Manganese & Mineral Ledge
Alternate or previous names Mc Timmonds
Related records 10298962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.24282, 42.67899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(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 033S 005W 25 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.24282, 42.67899

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR IN ZONE - TERTIARY SLATES. ROCK IS QUITE SLATY AND SEEMS TO BE QUARTZOSE TO CHERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenback

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 100-FOOT ADIT AND A SMALL PROSPECT TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 97

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 17, P. 25

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W 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.