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Buffalo Group

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  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 10042752
MRDS ID M060734
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Group
Related records 10167755

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.64727, 42.59815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Peavine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 008W 21 NW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Briggs Creek Amphibolite;Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Briggs Creek Amphibolite;Rogue Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.64727, 42.59815
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N23E
    Dip 68NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS AND KIDNEYS WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZITE, GREENSTONE, AND SERPENTINE. ; GEOL.DESC: 300 FT WIDE QUARTZITE BELT WITH SERPENTINE TO WEST &GREENSTONE TO EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS, ONE 280 FEET LONG.

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. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M015330) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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

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