The Iron Hat is a copper and zinc mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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Iron Hat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Hat
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
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
Owner Name: Harley Hall
Home Office: Jacksonville, Or.
Years: 1976 -
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.004% ZN
Analytical Data: 0.12% CU
Analytical Data: TRACE AG (ODGMI)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PIT
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN IN HIGHGRADE AMPHIBOLITES AND METASERPENTINITES OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP
Comment (Location): SE 1/4; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TALENT (1954) 1:62500
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1976, IRON HAT PROSPECT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
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