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Old Channel Placers

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033210
MRDS ID M015258
Record type Site
Current site name Old Channel Placers
Alternate or previous names Ankeny, Dean&Dean, Last Chance, Old Channel, Stratton Creek, Blue Gravel, Dan Green, California-Oregon, High Channel, Leipold, Star
Related records 10274078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.63505, 42.54926 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Peavine(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

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 035S 008W 10 N OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ESTIMATED 10 CENTS/YARD IN 1947 (STRATTON PLACER)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.63505, 42.54926
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON OLD CHANNEL GRAVELS SOME 600 FT ABOVE THE PRESENT RIVER LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 120 ACRES HYDRAULICKED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, PP.16-64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEPARATE RECORDS FOR OLD CHANNEL AND STRATTON
Deposit HYDRAULIC PLACERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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