Burdic Group

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042891
MRDS ID M061174
Record type Site
Current site name Burdic Group
Alternate or previous names Ruth, Little Pittsburgh, Growler, Browler
Related records 10201367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.77557, 42.18483 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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 039S 001W 13 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.77557, 42.18483

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W NOW N3W
    Dip 85S 80E 70E
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECTS ARE LOCATED ON NARROW SHEAR ZONES ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND HORNFELSED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE BURDIC VEIN IS IN QUARTZ DIORITE, THE RUTH AND LITTLE PITTSBURGH VEINS ARE IN HORNFELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY AT LEAST FOUR ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 600FT IN LENGTH AND A 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.273

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, PP.30, 33, 38

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 1, NO. 5, P.119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST THREE VEIN SYSTEMS

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

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