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First Hope

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032376
MRDS ID M013880
Record type Site
Current site name First Hope
Related records 10177121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.22587, 42.36288 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position SW1/4, ELEVATION 3000 FEET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Applegate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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 037S 004W 07 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    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) -123.22587, 42.36288
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORTHEAST-TRENDING QUARTZ STRINGERS SOMETIMES CARRYING HIGH-GRADE ORE OCCUR IN MANGANESE -STAINED, FRACTURED, PORPHYRITIC ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED IN 1934 AND PRODUCED A $1700 POCKET. A $500 POCKET WAS TAKEN OUT IN 1935 AND ABOUT $100 SINCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 280 FT IN THREE TUNNELS AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. DISCOVERED IN 1934 AND PRODUCED A $1700 POCKET. A $500 POCKET WAS TAKEN OUT IN 1935 AND ABOUT $100 SINCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 252

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.66

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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