The Ashland Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 42.19194, -122.75667
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Ashland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ashland Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1886-1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3-5.0 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Discovery Year: 1886
Discovery Method: 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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Veins Oxidized To A Depth Of 100 Ft.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (W017022), (M013837), AND (M013787) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SOME GOLD FREE MILLING; SOME COMBINED WITH PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): ORE CAME FROM TWO DISTINCT SHOOTS THAT WERE AS MUCH AS 500 FT. APART IN THE VEIN, BUT SEEM TO CONVERGE AT DEPTH. MAIN MINE DEVELOPMENT BY INCLINED SHAFT. REPORTEDLY $1,300,000 ORE HAS BEEN PRODUCED
Comment (Geology): THE PROPERTY IS ON A FISSURE VEIN IN GRANODIORITE ALONG THE CONTACT WITH HORNFELSED METASEDIMENTS.
Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY $1,300,000 ORE HAS BEEN PRODUCED
Comment (Commodity): 2.19 AU:AG
References
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., 1971, PLUTONIC ROCKS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOL. PROF. PAPER 684-B
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., 1971, GEOLOGY OF LODE GOLD DISTRICTS IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 1290 P. 57
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ORE DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 271-273
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M. AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, VOL. 2, NO. 4, P. 16-19: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Production): USBM
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