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Dark Canyon

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Tellurium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042956
MRDS ID M061316
Record type Site
Current site name Dark Canyon
Alternate or previous names Red Rose, Wild Rose, Wildcat, Yellow Jacket
Related records 10201626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.32726, 42.24815 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 005W 19 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) Volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET (SOME)
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW NORTHWEST-TRENDING FISSURE VEINS IN A COMPLEX METASEDIMENTARY-METAVOLCANIC TERRAIN ; GEOL.DESC: SOME SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1900; 1965; 1941 (REPORTED)

Mining district

District name Lower Applegate

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NOT REPORTED, REOPENED 1959-1965

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, EIGHT ADITS TOTAL 700 NOT REPORTED, REOPENED 1959-1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 251

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 172

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PARALLEL VEINS
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013424) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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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