Johnson Placer

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032119
MRDS ID M013252
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Placer
Related records 10177271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.53254, 42.01593 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 007W 09 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.53254, 42.01593

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE AND SLATE BEDROCK; LITTLE CLAY; MANY LARGE BOULDERS; 10-FOOT MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 204

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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