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Pony Shoe Mine

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10092503
MRDS ID M013297
Record type Site
Current site name Pony Shoe Mine
Alternate or previous names See Also Pony Shoe Chrome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50337, 42.00344 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 NW1/4

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)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 41S 07W 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM SHEAR ZONES AVERAGE 0.10 TO 0.20 OZ/TON AU

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50337, 42.00344
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFIDES OCCUR IN QUARTZ AND CALCITE PODS IN FRACTURED GREENSTONE. CHROMITE OCCURS AS LENSES IN SHEARED SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 500 LINEAL FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

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

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.212

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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