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Bonanza

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043021
MRDS ID M061486
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza
Alternate or previous names White Elephant
Related records 10200664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.14757, 42.6612 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BOULDER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(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

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 033S 012W 4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.14757, 42.6612
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD APPARENTLY DERIVED FROM POCKETS IN GOUGE ALONG SERPENTINE - "PORPHYRY" CONTACT. ; GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK NOT REACHED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PLACER PRODUCTION ONLY

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT TWO ACRES PLACEREDPLACER PRODUCTION ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.37

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P.69

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKETS

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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