Turner-Albright

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Cobalt
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100737
MRDS ID M060682
Record type Site
Current site name Turner-Albright
Alternate or previous names Turner, Granore, Mammoth
Related records 10152879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.76167, 42.01111 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 041S 009W 09 SE OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUSPECT -OTHERS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 90
USGS model code 24a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Mark3 model number 11

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.76167, 42.01111

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gossan In Greenstone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BANDS OF MASSIVE SULFIDES OCCUR WITHIN A GREENSTONE. CHERT SEQUENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Edward Turner And James Albright

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Baretta Mining Inc.
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rayrock Mines

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 3000 FEET OF WORKINGS IN 14 ADITS.

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM (1980-1981)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45 P

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, C.S., 1980, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS AND ASSOCIATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, BLUE CREEK DISTRICT, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 246.---AND---OREGON METALS HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C,VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    VAIL, S.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE OREGON MOUNTIAN AREA, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA; PH.D. DISSERTATION, OREGON STATE UNIV., CORVALLIS,OR.

  • Deposit

    KUHNS, R.J., 1983, FINAL REPORT, TURNER-ALBRIGHT PROJECT (0214). UNPUBLISHED CORPORATE REPORT, NORANDA EXPLORATION,INC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013215) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Deposit GOSSANS SURFACE OUTCROP 900X80 FT, 300 BY 20 FT.

Reporter information

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

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