Swacker Flat

Prospect in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201286
MRDS ID M061427
MAS/MILS ID 0410290167
Record type Site
Current site name Swacker Flat
Alternate or previous names Swacker Flat Placer, Bertha Pocket, Bertha Claim, Black Gold Channel
Related records 10042995

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.12444, 42.37152 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Isabelle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 004 W 12 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.12444, 42.37152

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1943, V. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 48-50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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