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Iron Hat

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036428
MRDS ID M025225
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Hat
Related records 10274616

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.8603, 42.05761 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Siskiyou Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 001W 30 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TALENT (1954) 1:62500

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.12% CU
Result 0.004% ZN
Result TRACE AG (ODGMI)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.8603, 42.05761
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 45.72M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN IN HIGHGRADE AMPHIBOLITES AND METASERPENTINITES OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harley Hall
    Home office Jacksonville, Or.
    First year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1976, IRON HAT PROSPECT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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

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