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Forty-Nine Diggings

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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. 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 10225642
MRDS ID M055846
MAS/MILS ID 0410290212
Record type Site
Current site name Forty-Nine Diggings
Related records 10040951

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.73973, 42.22203 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
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

Ashland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(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 038 S 001 E 31 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.73973, 42.22203
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, 1914, P. 90-93.

  • Deposit

    OR. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., 1914, V. 1, NO. 5, P. 111-114, 124

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 32.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963, P. 82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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