The Frog Pond is a gold and silver mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Frog Pond MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frog Pond
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tourmaline
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UNWEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 123 AU ASSAYS IN 1938 WAS 0.19 OZ/TON & FOR 74 AG ASSAYS 1.22 OZ/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): PART OF GROUP IN CALIF.
Comment (Commodity): PYRRHOTITE MORE ABUNDANT IN WALL ROCK, PYRITE MORE ABUNDANT IN VEIN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 ADITS AND A SHAFT WITH AGGREGATE LENGTH OF ABOUT 300 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY DEVELOPED BUT FOR ASSESSMENT WORK ONLY
Comment (Deposit): THREE WELL DEFINED ORE ZONES REPORTED
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942: ODGMI BULL 14-C VOL 2, SEC 1, P 199
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H C AND RAMP L, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 61, P 252.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L AND PETERSON, N V, 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 100, TABLE 1, NO 452
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