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Ollala Placers

Producer in Douglas 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036496
MRDS ID M025318
Record type Site
Current site name Ollala Placers
Alternate or previous names Fisher Placer
Related records 10128971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.54673, 43.03453 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 007W 22 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON COARSE GOLD, BYRON, AND BUSHNELL CREEKS, ALL BRANCHES OF OLALLA CREEK. UTM GRID LOCATION IS AT THE MOUTH OF COARSE GOLD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver 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) -123.54673, 43.03453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM CHANNEL

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS UMPQUA FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Riddle Area

Comments on development

  • SMALL INDEPENDENT HYDRAULIC PLACER OPERATIONS; SMALL PRODUCTION, MAINLY DURING THE 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 40-41.

  • Deposit

    ODGMI, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: ODGMI BULL. 14-C VOL. 1, P. 102, 109-110

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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