Reno

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098507
MRDS ID M060708
Record type Site
Current site name Reno
Alternate or previous names Elwilda, Hubbert, Kramer
Related records 10135675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.63894, 42.66454 (WGS84)
Elevation 381

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bunker Creek(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 008W 34 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 75 ASSAYS: 26 GT 0.10 OZ/T AU, 6 OF 26 GT 0.30 OZ/T AU, 4 OF 6 RANGED 0.96 OZ/T AU TO 18.94 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.63894, 42.66454

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS - POCKET
    Strike N50W
    Dip 10-20E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sounds Like Ophiolite From Description But Mapped As Rogue Near Serpentine Along West Border Of Mixed Rocks On Galice Gq. In Band Of Rogue West Of Zone & South Of Nw Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1949-1959

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM SMALL HIGH GRADE ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • 850 FEET ON THREE ADITS PRODUCTION FROM SMALL HIGH GRADE ORE

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

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 211

  • Deposit

    YOUNGBERG, E.J., 1947, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE MOUNT REUBEN MINING DISTRICT, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 34, P. 17

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 53

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013304) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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.

External references