The Woolf Tungsten is a tungsten and lead mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.
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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Woolf Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Woolf Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Gold Hill
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: Woolf, Guy
Home Office: Gold Hill, Oregon
Years: 1956 -
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SW 1/4
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): A PENDANT OF METAVOLCANIC ROCKS CONTAINS STRINGES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1969, ODGMI BULL 64, P 179
Reference (Deposit): WOOLF TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, 1956, ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
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