The Jewett Mine is a gold, tellurium, and bismuth mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Tellurium, Bismuth
Lat, Long: 42.40417, -123.28111
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Jewett Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jewett Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tellurium
Primary: Bismuth
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Grants Pass
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1928
Time Period: 1926-1928
Material type: 0RE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6.4 Au, 0.5 Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Not available
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 Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Altaite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sylvanite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetradymite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Mica
Comments
Comment (Production): PRE-1926 PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1000 FEET OF WORKINGS IN TWO ADITS AND A SHAFT. (1914)PRE-1926 PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013412) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Location): W COR
Comment (Deposit): ORE PRODUCED PARTLY BY REPLACEMENT & PARTLY BY DEPOSITION AS A CEMENT IN THE BRECCIA
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) WINCHELL, A.N., PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND J
Reference (Production): USBM
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.256
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.82
Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, W.R., 1942, THE PARAGENESIS OF SOME GOLD ANDCOPPER ORES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 37, PP.557-595
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