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Fitzgerald

Occurrence in Coos 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043039
MRDS ID M061514
Record type Site
Current site name Fitzgerald

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.10229, 42.69564 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illahe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(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 Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 012W 26 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert Altered To 3 Deep By Manganese & Iron Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Galice
    Rock description Galice

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.10229, 42.69564
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N10E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Green Chert Lens Parallels Bedding Planes Of Black Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHERT IN SILTSTONE OF PASKENTA FM; CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE 100 FT. WEST OF DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Powers

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALDWIN, E.M. AND OTHERS, 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 80, P. 59

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INVEST. 5369, P. 7

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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