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Fort Knox

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109746
MRDS ID M061800
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Knox
Alternate or previous names Lucky Tovell
Related records 10225411

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.17504, 42.67676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 004W 28 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.17504, 42.67676
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form PODS & DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • PODS OF MASSIVE SULFIDES OCCUR IN SHEARED METABASAIT NEAR A CONTACT WITH SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1957
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7.13 Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1957, FORT KNOX, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNOTOMETER SURVEY MADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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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