Little Johnny

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042827
MRDS ID M061036
Record type Site
Current site name Little Johnny
Alternate or previous names #27 G. P. Quad
Related records 10225324

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.06558, 42.40761 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 003W 28 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tellurium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    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) -123.06558, 42.40761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ STRINGERS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE & "META-IGNEOUS" ROCKS ARE IMPREGANATED WITHPYRITE & CHALCOPYRITE. ORE POSSIBLY AN EXTENSION OF BRADEN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, FOUR WINZES, WKGS 800

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 86

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F G AND OTHERS, 1940, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL MAP

Reporter information

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