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Gold Cut

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098514
MRDS ID M061191
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Cut
Alternate or previous names Pennel
Related records 10201032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.92754, 42.92676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiller(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030S 002W 27 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result TR. TO 0.08 OZ AU & TR. AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Applegate Group (May Creek Schist)
    Rock description Applegate Group (May Creek Schist)

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of N-S & E-W Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tiller-Drew

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS 16X60, 20X60

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P.37

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P.123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 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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