1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Happy Day Group

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. 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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042957
MRDS ID M061319
Record type Site
Current site name Happy Day Group
Alternate or previous names Blanket Ledge
Related records 10298488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.48115, 42.00955 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Caves(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 007W 13 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.48115, 42.00955
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike NEAR HORIZONTAL
    Dip WEST
    Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1932-1946 (INTERMITTENT)

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Period 1932-1946
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.30 Au, 0.08 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 2g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 500 FEET OF WORKINGS IN THREE ADITS.

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

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.201

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013324) 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. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site