High Gravel

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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032122
MRDS ID M013261
Record type Site
Current site name High Gravel
Alternate or previous names Osgood
Related records 10298426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.64087, 42.04732 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF O'BRIEN, Acc Within Mine Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 008W 33,34 NE4 OF NE4 (33) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN ALLEN GULCH, SOME OLD WORKINGS IN SCOTCH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PGE DATA; NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD GRADE $0.03/YD AT $20/OZ AVERAGE VALUE

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 > Colluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.64087, 42.04732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 20 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE BEDROCK. TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE WELL EXPOSED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT BANKS AND IS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF POORLY SORTED BOULDERS IN A SANDY MATRIX - SOME OF THIS WAS MINED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. H. Osgood
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $90,000 BEFORE 1933.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 12.542HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC, SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 242.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTIRES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 202.

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-B, P. 183-184.

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1, NO. 4, P. 120.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT CONGLOMERATE BUT MORE ABUNDANT NEAR SURFACE WHERE WEATHERED
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013263.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-74 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-JUN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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