Mc Grath

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109657
MRDS ID M060577
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Grath
Related records 10176819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.73727, 42.22899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Junction(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 009W 26 SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.73727, 42.22899

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1930

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1930
    Material ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6.5 Au, 1.0 Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 32g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 206g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1949, PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE KERBY QUADRANGLE, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 40, 23P.

  • Production

    USBM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION AND PRODUCTION ONLY. NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON GEOLOGY OR DEVELOPMENT

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.