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Junction Claims

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032336
MRDS ID M013793
Record type Site
Current site name Junction Claims
Alternate or previous names Junction Mine, Four Corners
Related records 10225286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.74141, 42.02594 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ashland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 001E 08 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.74141, 42.02594
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Averis
    Home office Colestine, Or.
    First year 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENLO PARK RECORD DATA FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. PATENT DENIED BY BLM. ODGMI ASSAY FILES (1940-1970) SHOW LAST OWNER ON PROPERTY FOR 30 YEARS. ASSAYS RAN 0.01-5.60 OZ/TON AU; NIL-1.40 OZ/TON AG. OWNER REPORTEDLY CLAIMS SOME PRODUCTION.

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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