Sparks Mine

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298865
MRDS ID M061401
MAS/MILS ID 0410290349
Record type Site
Current site name Sparks Mine
Alternate or previous names Evans Creek Pegmatite
Related records 10042985

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.13335, 42.55702 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wimer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 035 S 004 W 02 E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Granitic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1943, V. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 109.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-AUG-92 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.