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Whitehorse Placer

Past Producer in Douglas 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042910
MRDS ID M061210
Record type Site
Current site name Whitehorse Placer
Alternate or previous names Oregon Whitehorse
Related records 10249604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16587, 42.79704 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Starvout Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 004W 10 S OF S OF S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16587, 42.79704
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS CONTAIN MANY LARGE GREENSTONE BOULDERS;

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ACRES MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P.41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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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