Flanagan

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042770
MRDS ID M060786
Record type Site
Current site name Flanagan
Alternate or previous names Bybee, Flanagan & Emerson, Emerson
Related records 10249519

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.5031, 42.47065 (WGS84)
Elevation 280

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S}035S 007W}007W 02,03}35 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROGUE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL LABELED FLANAGAN MINE ON TOPO MAP; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WILDERVILLE 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS SMALL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS FINE

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.5031, 42.47065

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grants Pass District

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC, 35 ACRES MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, P. 33.

  • 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. 71.

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND BROOKS, H.C., 1969, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON: U.S. CONGRESS 90TH, 2D SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE PRINTING, P. 167-171.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS ON BEDROCK AND 17 FT ABOVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references