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Gold Pan

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032365
MRDS ID M013859
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Pan
Alternate or previous names Ray Prospect
Related records 10225782

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.1492, 42.12177 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position W1/2 AT 2400 FEET ELEVATION AT MOUTH OF BAILEY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carberry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 004W 02 W Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 4.25 AU:AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Applegate Group;Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group;Applegate Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.1492, 42.12177
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: APPLEGATE GROUP HOST ROCKS LARGELY GREENSTONE, SOME ARGILLITE. OTHER INFORMATION LACKING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1939-1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^17.0 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 480g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • LOCATED IN 1919, PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $5000.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIFTEEN ADITS? LOCATED IN 1919, PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $5000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.264

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.161

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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