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Black's Placer

Producer in Jackson 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043009
MRDS ID M061453
Record type Site
Current site name Black's Placer
Related records 10249899

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0817, 42.29733 (WGS84)
Relative position OREGON BELLE FORK OF LEFT FORK OF FOREST CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Isabelle(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 003W 05 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) -123.0817, 42.29733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Of Gold W/In 1 Ft Of Bedrock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS "PORPHYRY" & IS SOFT, NO CLAY, FEW BOULDERS. OVERBURDEN 3 TO 4 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 108.46HA
    Overall length 505320.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC, DREDGE

Comments on development

  • GROUND PARTIALLY WORKED BY B-H COMPANY DREDGE (1941-1942)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LACK OF WATER HAMPERS EFFORTS

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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