Payne 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032166
MRDS ID M013383
Record type Site
Current site name Payne Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.35198, 42.68315 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 33S 06W 24 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE PEBBLES ARE COMPLETELY ROTTEN; THOSE OF SLATE ARE NOT SO THOROUGHLY DECOMPOSED. AN UNDERLYING DARK GRAY GRAVEL IS FRESH AND UNALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenback

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references