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Kane Creek Placers

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043003
MRDS ID M061443
Record type Site
Current site name Kane Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Greenleaf Ranch, Gold Hill, Electric Gold Dredge Co, Crescent-Pacific Dredge
Related records 10176939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.02253, 42.39872 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
036S 003W 35 N Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.02253, 42.39872
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DECOMPOSED SLATE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ODGMI FILES. NO RECORD OF 1942 PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME DREDGING IN EARLY 1900'S ODGMI FILES. NO RECORD OF 1942 PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, 208P

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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