| Deposit ID | 10098353 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025144 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vesuvius |
| Alternate or previous names | Jasper, Storey, And Stocks-Harlow |
| Related records | 10225685 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.66115, 43.58454 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lane(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fairview Peak(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)
Federal lands
Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Lane |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 023S | 001E | 11 | S OF S | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics |
| Rock description | Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics;Little Butte Volcanics |
| (1) | Basaltic lava flows |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zones |
| Strike | N85E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Discoverer | The Graber Brothers |
| District name | Bohemia |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Umpqua National Area |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Vesuvids Mining Co. |
| First year | 1980 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025144 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410390081 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 320
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 81
CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 62
LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FOUR SEPARATE VEINS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED |
| 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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