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Purvis Prospect

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042898
MRDS ID M061188
Record type Site
Current site name Purvis Prospect
Related records 10225305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9203, 42.01316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutchman Peak(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)

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 002W 10 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORIGINALLY LOCATED AS GOLD PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.62 OZ/TON AU ($22) AND 1.6% MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Condrey Mtn. Schist
    Rock description Applegate Group;Condrey Mtn. Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9203, 42.01316
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1937-1941
    Material AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.6 Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 17g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 80, CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.178

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MEDFORD QUADRANGLE, OREGON-CALIFORNIA; USGS GEOL. MAP GQ-89

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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