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Owen Claim

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. 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 10043043
MRDS ID M061518
Record type Site
Current site name Owen Claim
Alternate or previous names Black Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.56643, 42.0126 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 007W 07 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANIFEROUS IRON DEPOSIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Magnetite Unknown

Analytical data

Result USBM FOUR FOOT CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 6.9 % MN 30.2 % FE
Result 31.2 % SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.56643, 42.0126
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 198.12M
    Width 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Oxides Concentrated In Fractures & Voids In Outer Margin Of Lens

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAY, BRECCIATED CHERT LENS AT CONTACT OF METAVOLCANICS & METASEDIMENTS OF APPLEGATE FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 25, TWO PITS

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

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INV. 5369, P. 18

Reporter information

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