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Pyx Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032278
MRDS ID M013668
Record type Site
Current site name Pyx Mine
Alternate or previous names Pix
Related records 10249486, 10274305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.61088, 42.68065 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4 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 Reuben(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 008W 26 NW OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE - 0.32 OZ/TON AU. SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 3.06 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.61088, 42.68065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-30W
    Dip 60S
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL IS GREENSTONE, HANGING WALL IS PORPHYRY. VEIN IS MADE UP OF QUARTZ AND SHEARED GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period Early 1920'S
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Free Milling At About 1.0 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 28g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 25.91M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 40 FOOT SHAFT AND A 205 FOOT CROSSCUT ADIT WITH 85 OF DRIFT ALONGTHE VEIN. SMALL PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNGBERG, E.A., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P.15

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.51

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 34, P. 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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