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Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10042767
MRDS ID M060778
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect
Alternate or previous names Galice # 91
Related records 10177349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.68005, 42.52232 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Peavine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
035S 008W 17 SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW COR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Briggs Creek Amphibolite
    Rock description Briggs Creek Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Amphibolite of Briggs Creek
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Economic information

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 workings information

  • MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND WALKER, G.W., 1953, GEOLOGY OF THE GALICE QUADRANGLE; USGS GEOL. MAP GQ-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION ONLY. NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON GEOLOGY OR DEVELOPMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And 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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