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Gold Occurrence

Occurrence in Curry 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043179
MRDS ID M061712
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Lode 25
Related records 10225614

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.10061, 42.3987 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MILE SE OF SOURDOUGH PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Sign Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 012W 3 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Extremely Porous, Ironstained Gossan

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF GOSSAN ASSAYED ONLY A TRACE OF GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dothan
    Rock description Dothan
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.10061, 42.3987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M. AND MITCHELL, G.J., 1916, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 2, NO. 2, P.104

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, 79P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. RAMP (1977) SHOWS COUNTRY ROCK TO BE DOTHAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Reporter information

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