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Hematite

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032349
MRDS ID M013826
Record type Site
Current site name Hematite
Alternate or previous names Hall Claims, Haskins and Traverso
Related records 10249939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9853, 42.04066 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutchman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(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 002W 06 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI ASSAYS RANGED FROM 0.015-0.23 OZ/TON AU
Result NIL-0.17 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9853, 42.04066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.15M
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONE OF MINERALIZATION LIES PARALLEL TO AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FT NORTH OF A MAJOR FAULT BETWEEN CLASTIC AND METAVOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP AND CHLORITE-ACTINOLITE SCHISTS. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE ARGILLITE AND META-ANDESITE OF APPLEGATE GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arthur Pierce
    Home office Medford, Or.
    First year 1971

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS MILLED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 110 AND 150 FT TUNNELS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS MILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 255

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 255.

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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