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Fry Gulch Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109303
MRDS ID M013262
Record type Site
Current site name Fry Gulch Mine
Related records 10250075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.65032, 42.05954 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1 MI EAST OF O'BRIEN, Accurate Within Mined Area, Accurate Within Mined Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(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 040S 008W 28,20,29,33 SE4 OF SE4 (28) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO HIGH GRAVEL MINE. LOCATION GIVEN IS MINE SYMBOL NEAR CENTER OF SEC. 28. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES LOCATION IN N/2 SEC. 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD REPORTEDLY FLAKY, ANGULAR. UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA; NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED AU GRADE $0.60/YD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Llano De Oro;
    Rock description Llano De Oro;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.65032, 42.05954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • COLLUVIUM AND GULCH GRAVELS DERIVED FROM OLDER TERRACE GRAVELS. SANDSTONE, ARGILLITE, AND SERPENTINE BEDROCK. GOLD VALUES IN TERTIARY GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. R. Stout
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDS OF EXTENSIVE ACTIVITY IN LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S. PRODUCTION MAY HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIAL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 193.851HA

Comments on the workings information

  • ACREAGE IS FOR PATENTED LAND

Comments on development

  • MOST OF GRAVEL WORKED IN "EARLY DAYS", LATE 1800'S AND EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 198-199.

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSTIS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-B, P. 189-190.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013263.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-74 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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