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Jumpoff Joe Creek Placers

Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042964
MRDS ID M061337
Record type Site
Current site name Jumpoff Joe Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Little Marvel, Mc Farland, Cook & Howand, Brass Nail, Singing Water
Related records 10176943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.23893, 42.60704 (WGS84)
Relative position JUMPOFF JOE CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wimer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
034S 005W 24 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold 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) -123.23893, 42.60704
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grants Pass

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC, 1 ACRE MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, 229P.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979, PLATE 2, NO. 125.

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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