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Florence

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10043024
MRDS ID M061491
Record type Site
Current site name Florence
Related records 10200963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.152, 42.10732 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Emily(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 012W 8 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • JUST BELOW THE CREST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOUNT EMILY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

Analytical data

Result 3.57% ZN
Result TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dothan
    Rock description Dothan

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.152, 42.10732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Crushed, Sheared

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 75SW
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Emily

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE LUCKY WARREN

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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