Gold Note

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

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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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