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Foster Creek Gold Prospects

Occurrence in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036403
MRDS ID M025193
Record type Site
Current site name Foster Creek Gold Prospects
Related records 10225399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.40696, 43.02622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Diamond Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 003E 23 SE OF SE OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.23 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.80 OZ/TON AG (ODGMI ANALYSES) MOST VALUES LESS THAN 0.15 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.40696, 43.02622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 2133.6M
    Width 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD AND PYRITE OCCUR AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN ALTERED TUFF AND ANDESITE. THE MINERALIZED ZONE APPEARS TO HAVE A MERCURY HALO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer George Slade

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. C. Bartley
    Home office Ashland, Or.
    First year 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARTLEY, R.C., 1971, FOSTER CREEK GOLD PROSPECT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A MAIN ZONE APPROXIMATELY 7000 FEET LONG AND 100 TO 600 FEET WIDE. INDIVIDUAL GOLD-BEARING ZONES ARE 20-200 FT WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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