Revell Placer

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Mercury

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10042672
MRDS ID	M060561
Record type	Site
Current site name	Revell Placer
Alternate or previous names	Buena Vista, Meander No. 1, And Meander No. 2 Claims
Related records	10128530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.69116, 42.27871 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eight Dollar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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	038S	008W	07	NE4 OF SW4	Oregon

Comments on the location information

IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. SOUTH BANK OF ILLINOIS RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MIDDLE OF SAND BAR AT WESTWARD TURN IN RIVER. REFERENCE STATED LOCATION AS IN NW/4 SEC. 7; HOWEVER, THAT IS NORTH OF THE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Tertiary
Mercury	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

BLACK SANDS HAVE AU, PT; GRAVELS HAVE HG. GOLD IS EXCEEDINGLY FINE

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Mercury	Ore
Platinum	Ore

Analytical data

Result	FROM DAY AND RICHARDS, KERBY DIST: $10.75/TON AU, $32.10/TON PT, TRACE CINNABAR, CONC. NOT KNOWN
Result	$461.75 AU, $323.10 PT, 75 LB/TON GRAVEL

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.69116, 42.27871	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

General form	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

Concentrated From Workings Upstream

Comments on the geologic information

BEDROCK IS METAVOLCANIC GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Illinois River Area

Land status

Ownership category	Federal
Area name	Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

GOLD PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1940

Comments on the workings information

A SMALL AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC MINING, HAND DUG PIT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M060561
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410330261

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 142-143.
Deposit

DAY, D.T. AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905: P. 1212-1213.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	TALUS ACTED AS A FALSE BEDROCK BOTTOM

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-MAY-1981	Johnson, Maureen G.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JAN-1983	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater	01-MAY-1989	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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