The Purvis Prospect is a gold mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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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
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Purvis Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Purvis Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Upper Applegate
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1937-1941
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.6 Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Form: POCKETS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.62 OZ/TON AU ($22) AND 1.6% MO
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORIGINALLY LOCATED AS GOLD PROSPECT
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
Comment (Workings): ADIT 80, CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.178
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MEDFORD QUADRANGLE, OREGON-CALIFORNIA; USGS GEOL. MAP GQ-89
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