Gold Note

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042949
MRDS ID M061300
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Note
Related records 10176720

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.22837, 42.67232 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 033S 004W 30 W OF W OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • W EDGE SEC. 30 SEC. 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED & SULFIDE ZONES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrite Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Galice Formation;Galice Formation
    Rock description Galice Formation;Galice Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.22837, 42.67232

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONES OF GOLD-BEARING SLATE ARE NOTABLY LOW IN COPPER VALUES AND STRUCTURALLY OVERLIE A MASSIVE SULFIDE ZONE IN GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1936-1952

Mining district

District name Greenback

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Williams, Mr.
    Home office Prosser, Wa
    First year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Period 1936-1952
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.07 Au, 0.27 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 8g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST WORKED FOR COPPER BUT THEN MAINLY FOR GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • NINE ADITS, RAISE, CUT 12 DEEP FIRST WORKED FOR COPPER BUT THEN MAINLY FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.226

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.71

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.G. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-848, 1977.

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE WAS EXPLORED AGAIN IN 1960'S

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

Beyond USGS

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