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Bill Nye Mine

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032388
MRDS ID M013902
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Nye Mine
Alternate or previous names Bee Hive
Related records 10249753

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.05281, 42.39233 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Relative position SE1/4, ELEVATION 1680 FEET.

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 003W 33 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1.0 AU:AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.05281, 42.39233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N52E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NORTHEAST-STRIKING VERTICAL QUARTZ VEIN 2 FEET WIDE AND LARGER NORTHWEST-STRIKING VEIN IN APPLEGATE METASEDIMENTS (IMPURE QUARTZITE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill-Applegate-Waldo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TWO SHIPMENTS BETWEEN 1907-1909 TOTALED $12,000 GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENNED BY SEVERAL ADITS AND A VERTICAL SHAFT TWO SHIPMENTS BETWEEN 1907-1909 TOTALED $12,000 GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 247.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINESAND GEOL. VOL. 1, N.5, P.173.

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

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