Golden Road

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Zinc, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043235
MRDS ID M061799
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Road
Related records 10177087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.14643, 42.64982 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(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
033S 004W 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.01-0.04 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE-0.5 OZ/TON AG
Result 3.3-6.1% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.14643, 42.64982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form QUARTZ VEINLETS
    Strike N45W
    Dip SW
    Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period Pre 1976
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-11% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1956, GOLDEN ROAD; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.S. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848

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

Beyond USGS

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