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Cottage Grove Native Copper

Occurrence in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095303
MRDS ID M025128
Record type Site
Current site name Cottage Grove Native Copper
Related records 10225830

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.97894, 43.73203 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF COTTAGE GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coast Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021S 002W 19 SW OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ODGMI SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.06-0.11% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.97894, 43.73203
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIN SHEETS OF NATIVE COPPER OCCUR IN CRACKS WITHIN AN ALTERED RED TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLES AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P.88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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