| Deposit ID | 10042870 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061107 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Oregon Belle Mine |
| Related records | 10225534 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.1017, 42.29011 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Isabelle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Applegate(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 038S | 003W | 06 | S | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Rock unit name | Applegate Group;Applegate Group |
| Rock description | Applegate Group;Applegate Group |
| (1) | -123.1017, 42.29011 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH & SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N70-80E |
| Dip | 60N |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Upper Applegate |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1941 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1890-1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.5+ Au | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 533.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061107 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290272 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.261
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.176
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 SEMIPARALLEL VEINS 100 FT APART |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 10/02/2015 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3503513 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Oregon Belle Mine |
| Current operator | Oregon Belle Holdings Inc |
| Current controller (parent) | Linda Rose Hata |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (270 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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