Marigold

Past Producer in Curry 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098526
MRDS ID M061496
Record type Site
Current site name Marigold
Alternate or previous names Lucky Boy, Tina H.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.88506, 42.74259 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marial(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)

Wild Rogue Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 010W 33 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE FROM STOPES RAN 22.30 OZ/T AU & 11.07AOZ/T AG.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.88506, 42.74259

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKET
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1937

Mining district

District name Mule Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period Pre 1910
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^22 Au, 11 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 11g/mt
    Gold Gold 22g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, DRIFTS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 40

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 190

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 76

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M. AND MITCHELL, G.J., 1916, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 2, NO. 2, P. 80

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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.