Hustis

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042693
MRDS ID M060599
Record type Site
Current site name Hustis
Alternate or previous names Hustis & Anderson
Related records 10298922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.84727, 42.26565 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 010W 14 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Narrow Malachite - Stained Gossan Zones

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 0.42 OZ/T AU 0.20 OZ/T AG 0.50 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics;Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics;Rogue Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Wacke

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.84727, 42.26565

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 90
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHEAR ZONE "INJECTED" BY HIGHLY SHEARED TALCOSE SERPENTINITE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chetco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, ADITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M060599
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410150149

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 39

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 88, P. 32

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 198

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013624) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries