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Big Buck Prospect

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042844
MRDS ID M061068
Record type Site
Current site name Big Buck Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hicks Claim, Little Giant
Related records 10201392

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12114, 42.37954 (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 037S 004W 01 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.12-0.15 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE-0.20 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Catala, J. L.
    First year 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT CAVED SHAFT WITH TWO TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.48

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M062174) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

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

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