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Macabee Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10032163
MRDS ID M013378
Record type Site
Current site name Macabee Mine
Alternate or previous names Kaviju
Related records 10152410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.31726, 42.68204 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position SW1/4 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(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 20 SW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG IS UNCERTAIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.31726, 42.68204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Major Thrust Fault Between The Jurassic Sediments And Overlying Permo-Triassic Rocks.

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 15SE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS ALTERED, BUT VEIN APPEARS TO BE NEAR A CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE (FOOTWALL) AND GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenback

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 100 FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL WITH 283 FEET OF DRIFT ON THE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.111

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

Beyond USGS

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

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