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Fall Creek Copper

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225288
MRDS ID M060587
MAS/MILS ID 0410330270
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Creek Copper
Alternate or previous names United Copper-Gold Mines Company, Fall Creek, Falls Creek Prospect, United
Related records 10042685

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.76866, 42.29542 (WGS84)
Elevation 425
Location accuracy 100(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038 S 009 W 04 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.76866, 42.29542
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Ore body information

  • Strike N12W
    Dip 85S
    Thickness 2.5M
    Depth to top 2M
    Width 10M
    Length 180M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N12W
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robert Cornett
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1916
    Demonstrated 907mt ore
    Measured 907mt ore
    Total resources 907mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 18 wt-pct Copper Trace 1916
    Silver Ag 257 g/mt Silver Trace 1916
    Nickel Ni 0.001 wt-pct Nickel Trace 1916

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410330270
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M060587 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PARKS, H.M., 1916, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, OREGON

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL2 NO 4, P226.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1942,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 2, P. 148.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 2, NO. 279.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-AUG-92 Hull, D.A. U.S. Bureau of Mines