Ida Mine

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Mercury
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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042818
MRDS ID M061015
Record type Site
Current site name Ida Mine
Alternate or previous names See Granite Hill
Related records 10274184

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.25337, 42.49565 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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 035S 005W 26 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • INTERESTING ASSORTMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.25337, 42.49565

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Is Series Of Narrow Parallel Belts To 25 Ft Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARSENIC, ANTIMONY, AND MERCURY MINERALS ARE LATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1929-1942

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Preuss
    First year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1890-1942
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.15 Au, 0.04 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 2000 FEET OF WORKINGS

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

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 227

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 79

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 VEINS
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013415) 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-MAR-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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references