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Red River Mining Co. Placer

Occurrence 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. 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 10043028
MRDS ID M061497
Record type Site
Current site name Red River Mining Co. Placer
Alternate or previous names Paul Junior, Daisy, Rocky Bar, Grace H.
Related records 10177319, 10281244

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.88784, 42.71398 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BOTH SIDES OF ROGUE RIVER BELOW THE MOUTH OF MULE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marial(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
033S 010W 9 S OF S OF CENTER Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 9 CENTS/YARD (1916)

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) -123.88784, 42.71398
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK BELOW HIGH WATER LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mule Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE MULE CREEK AREA

Comments on the workings information

  • DRAGLINE LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE MULE CREEK AREA

Comments on development

  • MOST OF THE PROPERTY HYDRAULICKED PRIOR TO 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.39

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P.78

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M. AND MITCHELL, G.J., 1916, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 2, SEC. 2, P.121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACE GRAVELS WITH 35 FEET OF OVERBURDEN; 9 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Smith, Roscoe M. And 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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