Black Diamond

Occurrence in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043162
MRDS ID M061689
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond
Related records 10225760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.79724, 42.17844 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001W 15 SE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.79724, 42.17844

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE MEDFORD QUADRANGLE; USGS GEOL. MAP, GQ-89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. WELLS (1956) SHOWS COUNTRY ROCK TO BE METASEDIMENTS.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.