Fuller Mine

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225440
MRDS ID M015596
MAS/MILS ID 0410110047
Record type Site
Current site name Fuller Mine
Alternate or previous names Bolivar Mine, Thompson Mine, Bolivar Mining Company
Related records 10033291, 10274521

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.85307, 42.80731 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bolivar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032 S 010 W 10 NENE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tenorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.85307, 42.80731

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 10M
    Length 80M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:55S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Powers

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jack Patterson And Dr. Don Jeppesen Present Owners
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. M. Thompson-Initially Located The Mine In 1900
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 46.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 80, 1973, P.53-54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUN-92 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references