Buck Fork Placers

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10273918
MRDS ID M015532
MAS/MILS ID 0410190317
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Fork Placers
Alternate or previous names Upper North Myrtle Creek Placers
Related records 10095151

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.12646, 43.11402 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dodson Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 S 004 W 12 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.12646, 43.11402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 267-

  • Deposit

    268.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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