Al Sarena

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042982
MRDS ID M061385
Record type Site
Current site name Al Sarena
Alternate or previous names Buzzard
Related records 10201225

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.60642, 42.84511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whetstone Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rogue(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 031S 002E 29 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SECS. 19, 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive Alteration With Disseminated Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanic Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.60642, 42.84511

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAKS & LENSES
    Strike N45W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Narrow Enrichments Occur In Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Peter Applegate
Production years 1931-1944

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY 35,000 TONS OF ORE BLOCKED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4200 FT OF WORKINGS IN 8 ADITS REPORTEDLY 35,000 TONS OF ORE BLOCKED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.323

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.195

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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