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Doe Gap

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Nickel
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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 10033294
MRDS ID M015599
Record type Site
Current site name Doe Gap
Related records 10200927

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87144, 42.1301 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES FROM OBRIEN ON US 199

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Josephine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 039S 010W 34 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY VALUES IN REFERENCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87144, 42.1301
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN PRIMARILY BY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE. LATERITIC SOIL AREAS APPEAR TO BE EROSIONAL REMNANTS DERIVED FROM WEATHERING OF PERIDOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE AREA IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE DEPOSITS PROPERLY. OTHER AREAS OF SOIL MAY BE PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOIL APPEARS QUITE SHALLOW AND VERY ROCKY IN PLACES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) 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

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