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Stevens Placer

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048477
MRDS ID MP00064
Record type Site
Current site name Stevens Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.9131, 42.20621 (WGS84)
Elevation 533

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chetco Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(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)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 039S 010W 05 W4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN KALMIOPSIS NATIONAL FOREST. ON CHETCO RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -123.9131, 42.20621
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTING WITH A SMALL POWER DREDGE IN 1968 SAID TO HAVE RESULTED IN A FEW POUNDS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING PGE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL POWER DREDGE IN 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 51, TABLE 7.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 88, P. 40.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MADSTONE PLACER, 2 MI UPSTREAM FROM STEVENS PLACER, ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE PT. NOT ENTERED AS A SEPARATE MRDS RECORD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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