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Sulfide Occurrence

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036442
MRDS ID M025240
Record type Site
Current site name Sulfide Occurrence
Related records 10225647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.29174, 42.5012 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brushy Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 014W 36 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON ELK RIVER FROM MOUTH OF BALD MOUNTAIN CREEK UPSTREAM TO MOUTH OF PANTHER CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF PLATINUM CREEK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PORT ORFORD (1954) 1:24000

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS MEDIUM TO COARSE. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI ASSAY RAN 0.04 OZ/TON AU
Result 4.20 % CU
Result 0.90 % PB
Result TRACE AG
Result ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Colebrooke Schist;Otter Point
    Rock description Colebrooke Schist;Otter Point
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.29174, 42.5012
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE IS BEDROCK
  • SMALL BLEBS AND VEINLETS OF FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES IN VUGGY QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL ANNUAL PRODUCTION. SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM AND BENCH PLACERS. PT MENTIONED ONLY AT BIG SUNSHINE
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M061005.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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