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Atlas Gold Dredging

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109662
MRDS ID M060639
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Gold Dredging
Alternate or previous names Leonard Placer
Related records 10225476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.54087, 42.11315 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI NORTHEAST OF TAKILMA, Accurate Within Mine Area, Accurate Within Mine Area, Accurate Within Mine Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(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 007W 04,07,08,18 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS ON ALTHOUSE CREEK IN SOUTHERN PART OF SEC. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PGE=90% IR, 10% PT

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.54087, 42.11315
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Length 4023.25M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS NEAR BEDROCK ; GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS SOFT GRANITE AND HARD SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1940-41

Mining district

District name Takilma Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Gold Dredging Co.
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. S. Leonard
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION OF ABOUT AN OUNCE A WEEK (MINING WORLD)

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST DRAGLINE WASHING PLANT IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGN; 5 YARD DRAGLINE, HANDLED 6,000 YD/DAY. DIRFT MINING IN AREA IN EARLY DAYS

Comments on development

  • SOME SMALL SCALE MINING IN 1936-1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 243.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, 1941, ATLAS GOLD DREDGING: MINING WORLD, V. 3, NO. 3, P. 25-29.

  • 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. 180-181, 205.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-76 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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