| 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: | -123.76167, 42.01111 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 366 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Josephine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 041S | 009W | 09 | SE OF NE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Erythrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Model code | 90 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Cyprus |
| Mark3 model number | 11 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -123.76167, 42.01111 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| Discoverer | Edward Turner And James Albright |
| District name | Waldo |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Baretta Mining Inc. |
| First year | 1981 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rayrock Mines |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060682 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410330361 |
RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45 P
TAYLOR, C.S., 1980, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS AND ASSOCIATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, BLUE CREEK DISTRICT, OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS THESIS
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.
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.
KUHNS, R.J., 1983, FINAL REPORT, TURNER-ALBRIGHT PROJECT (0214). UNPUBLISHED CORPORATE REPORT, NORANDA EXPLORATION,INC.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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