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Forest Creek Placers

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043010
MRDS ID M061454
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Alaska of Oregon, B-H Dredge, Christian Dobbins, Green, Sturgis, Black, Spaulding, Glide Foundation Dredge, Hayforks Dredge, Southern Oregon Mining Co Dredge, Pearce Placers, Bee Tree
Related records 10274183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.03253, 42.26483 (WGS84)
Relative position FOREST AND POORMANS CREEKS UPSTREAM FROM THE APPLEGATE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Isabelle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
038S 003W 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.03253, 42.26483
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRAVELS LARGELY EXHAUSTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Upper Applegate

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • BROOKS (1968)

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGE BROOKS (1968)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.241

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, PP.150 - 194

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, PETROLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 1, NO. 5, P.121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDRAULIC AND DREDGES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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