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Alice Group

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098511
MRDS ID M061059
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Group
Related records 10201102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.01725, 42.37233 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Isabelle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 003W 11 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE OXIDIZED ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrolusite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.01725, 42.37233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N12E
    Dip 60E
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE OF THE VEINS FOLLOWS A CONTACT BETWEEN ARGILLITE AND ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years CIRCA 1913

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.43

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 1, NO. 5, P.169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW VEINS IN AREA; DIMENSIONS VARY A LITTLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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