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Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036495
MRDS ID M025317
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Occurrence
Related records 10298684

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.82613, 42.06927 (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 040S 001W 28 NE OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TALENT (1954) 1:62500

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.82613, 42.06927
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TIGHTLY FOLDED FERRUGINOUS CHERT WITH MINOR BANDED PYRITE.

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERNS, MARK L., 1979, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WRANGLE GAP-RED MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC BODY; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS, 124 PP

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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