Calumet

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109658
MRDS ID M060588
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet
Alternate or previous names Albright, Elder

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.78977, 42.28926 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearsoll 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

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 38S 09W 05,08 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.78977, 42.28926

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form INTERSECTING QUARTZ VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE IS TUFFACEOUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS TOTAL 2000 FEET FEET

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

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 196

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P 125

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 546, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HILL CONTAINS A LOT OF LOW GRADE ORE
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013649) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. TWO CHROMITE CLAIMS (MOHAWK & CLEOPATRA) ARE IN THE SAME GROUP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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