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Deep Gravel Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042732
MRDS ID M060676
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Gravel Mine
Alternate or previous names Deep Gravel Mining Company
Related records 10152367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.65337, 42.07482 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHWEST OF WALDO, Acc Accurate Within Mined Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 008W 21,16 NW4 (21) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON BUTCHER GULCH AND TRIBUTARY GULCHES, NOW CALLED DEEP GRAVEL CUT ON TOPO MAP. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL NEAR CENTER SEC. 21. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES LOCATION IN SE/4 SEC. 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PGE FROM MONTHLY CLEANUP. COARSE GOLD TO VERY FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 75:1 AU:PT

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 Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Llano De Oro;Butcher Gulch Gravel
    Rock description Llano De Oro;Butcher Gulch Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.65337, 42.07482
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AS BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1874

Mining district

District name Waldo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earth Search, Inc.
    Last year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • $0.25/YD IN 1903-1907. SMALL BYPORODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 372.324HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 65 ACRES HYDRAULICKED. NUMEROUS PITS

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED BY GEO. AND WALTER SIMMONS

Reference information

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. 190-192.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 242-243.

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-B, P. 188-189.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 119-120.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013263.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-72 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-JUN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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