Redsides Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036397
MRDS ID M025187
Record type Site
Current site name Redsides Claim
Related records 10298457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66198, 43.55315 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280

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)

North Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 26 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66198, 43.55315

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 50 SW
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer E.H. Shane

Mining district

District name Bohemia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umpqua National Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 195 FT IN THREE TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 73

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

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