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Lee

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042952
MRDS ID M061308
Record type Site
Current site name Lee
Alternate or previous names Neathamer, Capitol Hill
Related records 10128492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.10754, 42.5601 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McConville Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(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 035S 003W 06 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidiation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.10754, 42.5601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Length 3.66M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhodonite In Quartzite Is Always Within 100 Ft. Of Quartzite -Schist Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OVERBURDEN IS 2 TO 8 FT. DEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • MINED & STOCKPILED IN 1916, NOT SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS 90, 20, PITS, TRENCHMINED & STOCKPILED IN 1916, NOT SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 84

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R N, 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT INVEST 5369, P. 41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE VARIES, GENERAL GIVEN
Deposit U.S.B.M. STUDIED THIS AS TYPICAL OF THE TYPE

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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