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Hansen Mine

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt, Zinc
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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. 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 10032265
MRDS ID M013631
Record type Site
Current site name Hansen Mine
Alternate or previous names Alta Vista, Alta, Hansen Saddle
Related records 10225291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.70199, 42.53538 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Peavine(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 035S 009W 13 NE OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.03 OZ/TON AU
Result 2.0 OZ/TON AG
Result 14.5 % CU
Result 0.10 % CO 0.05 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Briggs Creek Amphibolite
    Rock description Briggs Creek Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.70199, 42.53538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW QUARTZ VEINS
    Strike N20W
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS TOTALLING 500 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS 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-FEB-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

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