Dean & Dean 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 10032288
MRDS ID M013683
Record type Site
Current site name Dean & Dean Placer
Related records 10128234

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.58783, 42.58621 (WGS84)
Relative position N1/2 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galice(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)

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 034S 008W 25 N OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.58783, 42.58621

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE BEDROCK; BOULDERS ARE SMALL AND WILL AVERAGE 12 INCHES. THERE IS SOME CLAY IN SPOTS BUT MOST OF FINE MATERIAL IS SILT AND GOES FREELY THROUGH THE SLUICES. THE GOLD IS 920-935 FINE AND IS SMALL IN SIZE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOL. MAP OF GALICE QUAD, WELLS & WALKER, 1953 (NO. 57)

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 36

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.