| Deposit ID | 10043341 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M062193 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Upper Applegate Placers |
| Alternate or previous names | Alders, Crescent-Pacific, Dffenbacher Ranch, Rippey Ranch, Greenleaf Ranch, Hamilton Ranch, Souther Oregon Mining, Kleinhammer Ranch, Mc Kee, Bratner, Applegate Dam |
| Related records | 10298422 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.21753, 42.08094 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | APPLEGATE RIVER FROM PROVOLT UPSTREAM TO COPPER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Carberry Creek(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)
Federal lands
Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040S | 004W | 19 | NW OF NE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||
| |||
| (1) | -123.21753, 42.08094 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|---|
| Area name | Rogue River National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M062193 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290778 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L. 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.241
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, PP.150-194
GRAY, J.J. AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL INDUSTRY IN OREGON; OREGON GEOLOGY, VOL. 43, NO. 3, P.33
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CHANNEL GRAVELS |
| Deposit | GOLD RECOVERED AS A BYPRODUCT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE APPLEGATE DAM NEAR COPPER. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Smith, Roscoe M. | 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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