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Ow Yuen Claims

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032155
MRDS ID M013361
Record type Site
Current site name Ow Yuen Claims
Alternate or previous names Akers, Oregon Caves
Related records 10152976

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.44059, 42.12482 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Caves(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 006W 05 NW OF NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.44059, 42.12482
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Dipping Reverse Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHODONITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZITE AND LIES IN SMALL PODS OR IN BOULDERY MASSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 7 OPEN CUTS IN 3 GROUPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INV. 5369, P. 30

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.210

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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