Granite Hill Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109672
MRDS ID M061017
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Hill Mine
Related records 10298334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.26476, 42.49454 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 005W 26 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED ORE TO 200 FT SULFIDE CONCENTRATES AVERAGED$75 -$100

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.26476, 42.49454

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike WEST
    Dip 70S
    Plunge direction WEST OF SOUTH
    Length 45.72M
    Width 14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1902-1907

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Period 1904-1907
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.25 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 8g/mt
  • Year 1907
    Period 1904-1907
    Material AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.25 Au (In 1907)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 8g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 3657.6M
    Overall depth 131.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 430 FOOT SHAFT AND OVER 12000 FEET OF WORKINGS ON FOUR LEVELS.

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.223

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE ORE SHOOTS. MINE FLOODED IN 1908.
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013414) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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