Columbia

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109683
MRDS ID M061243
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia
Alternate or previous names Greenback Consolidated
Related records 10135523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.31448, 42.64704 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position FROM ABOUT 0.25 TO 1.5 MI NORTH OF PLACER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 034S;033S 005W;005W 05,08;32 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR GREENBACK MINE ALONG TOM EAST CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP NEAR CENTER NE/4 SEC. 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD REPORTEDLY FINE, NUGGETS RARE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result DAY AND RICHARDS: GREEN BACK: $326.79 AU/TON, $191.40 PT/TON OF CONCENTRATES, CONC. 100 TO 1, RECALCULATED TO 0.16 OZ/TON (5.5 PPM) AU, 0.06 OZ/TON (2.1 PPM) 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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE BEDROCK AND GREENSTONE BOULDERS IN CONGLOMERATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grave Creek, Greenback Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Columbia Placer Co.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE GOLD PLACERS ON SOUTHWESTERN OREGON. $400,000 PRODUCED BEFORE 1914.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OWNER IN 1940 ESTIMATED THERE REMAINED 400 DREDGABLE ACRES AT $.50/YD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 3218.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC, 6 ACRES/YEAR (1914)

Comments on development

  • 6 ACRES MINED ANNUALLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-82 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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