Braden Mine

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic
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. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042830
MRDS ID M061040
Record type Site
Current site name Braden Mine
Alternate or previous names Braden Extension
Related records 10298741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.05308, 42.40677 (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)

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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIATION EXTENDS TO 100 FT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.05308, 42.40677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 25 SE
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1932-1940

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1885-1940
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4-0.5 Au, Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 65% AU & AG RECOVERED ON AMALGAM PLATES; 25% RECOVERED AS CONCENTRATES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX ADITS, SHAFT, WKGS 3000 ABOUT 65% AU & AG RECOVERED ON AMALGAM PLATES; 25% RECOVERED AS CONCENTRATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.248

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 53

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 19148 PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 1, NO. 5, P. 171

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., 19148 MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 546, P.41

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013899) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
Deposit SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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