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Lucky Strike

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043323
MRDS ID M062102
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike
Alternate or previous names Allen Prospect
Related records 10128465

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.55615, 42.02676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

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 05 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ODGMI ASSAYS RAN 0.01 - 0.12 OZ/TON AU
Result NIL - 5.3 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.10 % PB
Result 2.40 % CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.55615, 42.02676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT LYING
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR PLACER PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SURFACE EXCAVATIONS MINOR PLACER PRODUCTION

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

    RAMP, L., 1961, LUCKY STRIKE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. 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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