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Ray Mine

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043150
MRDS ID M061664
Record type Site
Current site name Ray Mine
Alternate or previous names Fair View Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08614, 42.38205 (WGS84)
Elevation 899

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 003W 05 S OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE FOUND NEAR SURFACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08614, 42.38205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 77NE
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1934-1935

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY WORKED SINCE EARLY DAYS

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, WINZE INTERMITTENTLY WORKED SINCE EARLY DAYS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H C AND RAMP, L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL 61, P 262

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL 14-C, VOL 2, SEC 2, P 66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013905) 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-JAN-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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