Four Leaf Clover Placer

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092504
MRDS ID M013320
Record type Site
Current site name Four Leaf Clover Placer
Related records 10201614

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.46004, 42.07621 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Caves(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 006W 19 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.46004, 42.07621

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER GROUND IS UP TO 300 FEET WIDE. MANY LARGE BOULDERS OCCUR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 150-FOOT BEDROCK TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL II, SEC. I, P. 197

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.