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Bear Placer

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Nickel, Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109656
MRDS ID M060570
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Placer
Related records 10232275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.71366, 42.21871 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ON JOSEPHINE CREEK BETWEEN DAY'S AND FIDDLER GULCH, Acc Within Mined Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Junction(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 038S;039S 009W;009W 36;02 SW4 (36) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS MINE SYMBOL SHOWN NEAR CENTER SW/4 SEC. 36 ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS FINE TO COARSE. UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS 960-980 FINE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.71366, 42.21871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 1524M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERIDOTITE BEDROCK WITH SERPENTINE DEVELOPED ALONG JOINTS. PLACER GRAVELS ARE IN OLD CHANNEL 200 FT ABOVE PRESENT CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cashion Welding
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT REPORTED BUT ESTIMATED AT 10-20,000 OZ AU. JOSEPHINITE AND OREGONITE RECOVERED BY MINERAL COLLECTORS

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 1,100 FT OF DRIFTS ON BEDROCK

Comments on development

  • MINING BEGAN ABOUT 1852

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDROCK DRIFTING
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013266.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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