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Three L's Placer Yokum

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032300
MRDS ID M013718
Record type Site
Current site name Three L's Placer Yokum
Related records 10249432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50727, 42.64426 (WGS84)
Relative position E1/2 E1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(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 034S 007W 03 E OF E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTEDLY 0.0065 OZ/YD AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50727, 42.64426
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BULLDOZER AVERAGE 1 FOOT IN SIZE; NO CLAY; FINES ARE SILT AND WASHES FREELY THROUGH SLUICES. GOLD IS MEDIUM COARSE, WHEAT-GRAIN IN SIZE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND WALKER, G.W., 1953, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GALICE QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS GEOL. MAP GQ-25

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P.61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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