Williams and Adylott

Producer in Josephine 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042684
MRDS ID M060585
Record type Site
Current site name Williams and Adylott
Alternate or previous names Hoover Gulch Group, Live Oak, Gold Dust
Related records 10152587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.74172, 42.27843 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eight Dollar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 009W 10 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE FROM LIVE OAK VEIN ASSAYED 1.37 OZ/TON AU, 0.17 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.74172, 42.27843

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 35-45W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Serpentine With Greenstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONES WITH QUARTZ VEINS IN GREENSTONE AND ALONG GREENSTONE-SERPENTINE CONTACTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1936-1937

Mining district

District name Illinois River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 40

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.149

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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