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Eagle Mountain Gossan

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043247
MRDS ID M061825
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mountain Gossan
Related records 10152794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.82449, 42.26788 (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
038S 010W 13 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.82449, 42.26788
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Comments on the geologic information

  • DISSEMINATED SULFIDES ARE STRATIFIED

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pearsoll Peak

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M061825
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410150361

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 88, 49P

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, 79P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE MILLER CREEK GOSSAN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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