Rorrick Mine

Unknown in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250307
MRDS ID OR06338
MAS/MILS ID 0410330708
Record type Site
Current site name Rorrick Mine
Related records 10053438

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.50395, 42.11342 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 S 007 W 02 SWSW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 9.3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAVE JUNCTION, OR. IN DEMOCRAT GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.50395, 42.11342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cmae-Viking
    ID 3503019
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-97 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/13/1982
MSHA mine ID3503019
Mine name (MSHA)Roarick Mine
Current operatorCmae-Viking
Current controller (parent)C D V Corp Inc-Viking Exploration Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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