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Sterling Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042889
MRDS ID M061166
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93975, 42.22955 (WGS84)
Relative position ON STERLING CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sterling Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 38S 02W 28,29,30,31,32,33 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GRAVELS SAID TO RUN $0.40/YD IN 1914 (0.02 OZ/YD)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.93975, 42.22955
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 11265.1M
    Width 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS GREENSTONE, BOULDERS OF ANDESITE & QUARTZ ; PLEISTOCENE FOSSILS; GRAVELS ARE CEMENTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • HAND, HYDRAULIC AND BEDROCK DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.241

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.190

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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