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Tinpan

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032387
MRDS ID M013900
Record type Site
Current site name Tinpan
Related records 10298492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.09336, 42.39149 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position SE1/4, AT 2800 FEET ELEVATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 036S 003W 31 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.09336, 42.39149
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCKS ARE MAINLY METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS INCLUDING ARGILLITE, QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE WITH SOME METAIGNEOUS OR METAVOLCANIC ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED SERIOUSLY IN 1908. NO LARGE ORE BODY FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT OF DRIFTS PROSPECTED SERIOUSLY IN 1908. NO LARGE ORE BODY FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.265

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.113

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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