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Sucker Creek Placers

Producer in Josephine 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. Materials information
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100731
MRDS ID M013326
Record type Site
Current site name Sucker Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Ajax, Akers, California Bar, Four Leaf Clover, Four Star, Tanner, Edmonds, Goldpan, Yeager, Grizzer, B-H Oregon Dredge1945-1946
Related records 10225252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.46809, 42.12676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kerby Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 006W 01 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SUCKER CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES FROM THE MOUTH OF BEAR CREEK UPSTREAM TO HEADWATERS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.46809, 42.12676
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1854

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • STREAM GRAVELS LARGELY EXHAUSTED BY 1914.

Comments on development

  • DRAGLINE DREDGE OPERATED ON SUCKER CREEK A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE THE MOUTH OF GRAYBACK CREEK (1945 - 1946)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.242

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.176 - 224

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHANNEL AND BENCH GRAVELS
Deposit SEPARATE RECORD FOR THE FOUR LEAF CLOVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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