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Fisher

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095149
MRDS ID M015523
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.54784, 43.03925 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES S OF BROCKWAY BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tenmile(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 007W 22 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 OF SW 1/4 ; APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.54784, 43.03925
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALLUVIAL MATERIAL CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE CLAY, ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO HARD CONGLOMERATE BEDROCK. MANY SMALL BOULDERS WITH MAX. SIZE 1 FOOT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Riddle

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fisher, H.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SEASONAL PRODUCTION SINCE 1936 ; NO PRODUCTION RECORD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - C, V. 1 , P. 102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS FINELY DIVIDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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

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