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Squaw Creek Copper

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042882
MRDS ID M061138
Record type Site
Current site name Squaw Creek Copper
Alternate or previous names Gold Nob, Iron Hand, Pacific States Mining
Related records 10273952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08864, 42.03622 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Mountain(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 003W 05 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 05 SEC. 05

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES ARE USUALLY DISSEMINATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS 36 FT OF PYRITIC SCHIST ASSAYED 0.01 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE AG
Result 0.08% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Condrey Mtn. Schist
    Rock description Condrey Mtn. Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08864, 42.03622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30-65E
    Dip 40-65NW
    Thickness 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Selected Beds In Schist - Control Not Given

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY ALTERED CHLORITE SCHIST - MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SEVERAL BEDS THROUGHOUT A MILE WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • EIGHT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZATION ZONE IS VERY SHALLOW

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

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