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Lower Grave Creek Placers

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032298
MRDS ID M013715
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Grave Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Butte Creek, Lewis, Archer, Columbia, Benson, Steam Beer, Grave Creek, Klum, Goff, Stovepipe, Glory Hole, Caregie, Three L's, Vindicator
Related records 10201437

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.5031, 42.64204 (WGS84)
Relative position CHANNEL AND TERRACE GRAVELS ALONG GRAVES CREEK UPSTREAM TO THE TOWNSITE OF PLACER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 007W 02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.5031, 42.64204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE BEDROCK, SLACKS WITH EXPOSURE TO WEATHER SO THAT IT CAN BE CLEANED WITH A SHOVEL; VERY FEW YARD-SIZE BOULDERS, MOST OF THEM ARE SMALL; SMALL AMOUNT OF CLAY; GOLD IS MEDIUM-FINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, 230P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEPARATE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA, BENSON, STEAM BEER, GRAVE CREEK, KLUM, AND GOFF PLACERS

Reporter information

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