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Bonanza Basin - Boulder Creek Placers

Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032261
MRDS ID M013600
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Basin - Boulder Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Parker, Big Four, Grizzly Bear, Gold Slug, Schultz
Related records 10225273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.16451, 42.65453 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4 NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 012W 8 NW OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • BOULDER CREEK CHANNEL FROM SOUTH FORK OF LOBSTER CREEK UP TO THE HEAD OF BONANZA BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERALLY COARSE NUGGETS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.16451, 42.65453
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • BULK OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE BONANZA (WHITE ELEPHANT) GROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 19778 GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.37

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, PP. 68-71

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M. AND MITCHELL, G.J., 1916, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 2, NO. 2, P. 126

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit YARDAGE IS LIMITED
Deposit SEPARATE RECORD FOR BONANZA (WHITE ELEPHANT) GROUP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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

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