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Baldface Placers

Occurrence in Curry 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036451
MRDS ID M025256
Record type Site
Current site name Baldface Placers
Alternate or previous names Baldeagle, Mark Woods
Related records 10232055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.8956, 42.06732 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 010W 20 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • BALDFACE AND SPOKANE CREEKS UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF BISCUIT CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTERED GREENSTONES ASSAYED NIL AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.8956, 42.06732
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLACER GOLD TRACED TO CONTACT BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND ALTERED GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, 79 P.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M. AND MITCHELL, G.J., 1916, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P. 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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