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Millionaire

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032327
MRDS ID M013778
Record type Site
Current site name Millionaire
Related records 10128823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.98947, 42.4265 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position NE CORNER SEC. 36, NW CORNER SEC. 31, SW1/4 SEC. 30, BETWEEN 1600 & 1800 ELEVATION. ALSO 31, 32 T36S R3W

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sams Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 002W 36 NE OF NE OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sylvanite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.98947, 42.4265
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEIN SYSTEMS ARE REPORTED; ONE STRIKING EAST-WEST AND DIPPING 60-70 DEG NORTH; THE OTHER SYSTEM STRIKING NORTH-SOUTH AND DIPPING TO THE EAST. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE SHEARED ARGILLITE OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP, INCLUDING SMALL LENSES OF LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY EQUIPPED WITH MILL IN EARLY 1900'S WHICH NEVER OPERATED NO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.258

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, P.93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013901) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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