Swastika Mining Co.

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095662
MRDS ID M061339
Record type Site
Current site name Swastika Mining Co.
Related records 10201121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.31976, 42.5726 (WGS84)
Relative position ON JACKS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sexton Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
034S 005W 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.31976, 42.5726

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Length 1609.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS GREENSTONE; GRAVEL IS GREENSTONE PEBBLES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OMMH, 1952, V14C, SEC1

  • Deposit

    PARKES & SWARTLEY, 1916

  • Deposit

    DILLER, 1914

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1977 Smith, Roscoe M. 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.