Leroy

Past Producer in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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 10036378
MRDS ID M025167
Record type Site
Current site name Leroy
Related records 10225285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.63559, 43.59038 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairview Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua 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 Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023S 001E 11 E OF E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.63559, 43.59038

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60-70W
    Dip 55-70S

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE "VEIN" CONSISTS OF A PORPHYRY BRECCIA CEMENTED BY RETICULATING VEINLETS OF QUARTZ UP TO SEVERAL INCHES THICK. THESE VEINLETS CONTAIN SMALL TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bohemia

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Umpqua National Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Guy Leabo
    Home office Eugene, Or.
    First year 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A LARGE VOLUME OF MATERIAL WITH AN AVERAGE LOW PERCENTAGE OF BASE METALS IS REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED. ASSAYS NOT AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1100 FT IN CUTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 317

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 67

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 69

  • Deposit

    LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALLAGHAN AND BUDDINGTON (1938)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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