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Palmer Creek

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040982
MRDS ID M055888
Record type Site
Current site name Palmer Creek
Alternate or previous names Doodlebug, Gold Pan, Hyde, Davison
Related records 10135508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.15892, 42.11705 (WGS84)
Elevation 861

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 03 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 SEC 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Applegate Group
    Rock description Applegate Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.15892, 42.11705
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Fault Zones Of Diverse Attitude. One Of The Largest Is About 3 Ft. Wide, Strikes N75w And Dips 60s

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Doodlebug Mining Co. (Joe Inman, Joe Fitzpatrick)

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OR TWO FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1966 WITH SMALL ROTARY FURNACE. EARLY DAY PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION FROM PALMER CREEK

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPENCUT AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS ONE OR TWO FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1966 WITH SMALL ROTARY FURNACE. EARLY DAY PLACER GOLD PRODUCTION FROM PALMER CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P., P. 90

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252,TABLE 26, P. 322.

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S. AND KAY, G.F., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE AND BORDERING DISTRICTS, ORE. CONTRIB. TO ECON. GEOL.: USGS BULL. 380, P. 79

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, BULL. 14-C, V. 2, 200 P.

  • Deposit

    5) WILKINSON, W.D., 1940, ADVANCD REPORT ON SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN BUTTE FALLS QUADRANGLE, ORE.: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013860) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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