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Turner-Albright Deposit

Prospect in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152879
MRDS ID M060682
MAS/MILS ID 0410330361
Record type Site
Current site name Turner-Albright Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mammonth Mine
Related records 10100737

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.7567, 42.0042 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin 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

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 041 S 009 W 16 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.7567, 42.0042
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 300M
    Length 200M
    Width 50M
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N45W:60E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 870205
  • Area 500HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 500
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Savana Resources
    Interest 75
    Home office Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Year 1987
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rayrock Mines Inc
    Interest 25
    Home office Canada
    Year 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1 REPRESENTS TOTAL ROM FOR DEV 1 AND INCLUDES MINE DILUTION OF 30% FOR UNDER GROUND MINE AND 10% FOR SURFACE MINE. M1C2 REPRESENTS SURFACE MINE ROM AND INCLUDES 10% DILUTION. M1C3 REPRESENTS UNDERGROUND ROM AND INCLUDES 30% DILUTION. M1C1 REPRESENTS TOTAL UNDERGROUND ROM AND INCLUDES 30% DILUTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 75.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1380
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 250
    Unit Production Cost 11.79
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1987
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. CAN'T SUPPORT FILL OR CAVE
    Capacity 639
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 20.4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1987
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. CAN'T SUPPORT FILL OR CAVE
    Capacity 2019
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 16.18
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUNNINGHAM, C.T. GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF A MASSIVE

  • Deposit

    SULPHIDE DEPOSIT AND ASSOCIATED VOLCANIC ROCKS, BLUE CREEK

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST OREGON. MS THESIS, OREGON STATE UNIV.,

  • Deposit

    CORVALLIS, OR., 1979.

  • Deposit

    KUHNS, R.J. FINAL REPORT, TURNER-ALBRIGHT PROJECT

  • Deposit

    (0214). UNPUBLISHED CORPORATE REPORT, NORANDA EXPLORATION,

  • Deposit

    INC., 1983.

  • Deposit

    VAIL, S.G. GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE OREGON

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAIN AREA, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

  • Deposit

    PH.D. DISSERTATION, OREGON STATE UNIV., CORVALLIS, OR.,

  • Deposit

    1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-92 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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