The Gold Note is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.6725, -123.22722
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Gold Note MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Note
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Greenback
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
Owner Name: Williams, Mr.
Home Office: Prosser, Wa
Years: 1975 -
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1936-1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.07 Au, 0.27 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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OXIDIZED & SULFIDE ZONES
Comment (Location): W EDGE SEC. 30 SEC. 30
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED FOR COPPER BUT THEN MAINLY FOR GOLD
Comment (Workings): NINE ADITS, RAISE, CUT 12 DEEP FIRST WORKED FOR COPPER BUT THEN MAINLY FOR GOLD
Comment (Geology): ZONES OF GOLD-BEARING SLATE ARE NOTABLY LOW IN COPPER VALUES AND STRUCTURALLY OVERLIE A MASSIVE SULFIDE ZONE IN GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): MINE WAS EXPLORED AGAIN IN 1960'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.226
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.71
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.G. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS MAP MF-848
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-848, 1977.
Reference (Production): USBM
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