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Casteels Mines Company

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095150
MRDS ID M015528
Record type Site
Current site name Casteels Mines Company
Alternate or previous names Lee Creek Placer
Related records 10176837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16533, 43.13204 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES NE OF MYRTLE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028S 004W 14 SW OF SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 160 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16533, 43.13204
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS DECOMPOSED QUARTZ DIORITE. ; GEOL.DESC: LARGE BONES AND TUSKS OF ANIMALS HAVE BEEN WASHED FROM THE GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Umpqua

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN; MINE SAID TO HAVE PAID WELL; LARGE GOLD NUGGETS TAKEN OUT WHICH RANGED FROM $3 TO $25 EACH. LEE CREEK AND BUCK FORK PLACERS PRODUCED $150,000 GOLD BY 1898. WORKED PERIODICALLY THROUGH 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 MEN EMPLOYED ALL YEAR ROUND IN 1916. OUTPUT UNKNOWN; MINE SAID TO HAVE PAID WELL; LARGE GOLD NUGGETS TAKEN OUT WHICH RANGED FROM $3 TO $25 EACH. LEE CREEK & BUCK FORK PLACERS PRODUCED $150,000 GOLD BY 1898. WORKED PERIODICALLY THROUGH 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - C, V. 1 , P. 131 .

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 34

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H. M. AND SWARTLEY A. M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 52

  • Production

    PARKS AND SWARTLEY 16 : 52 AND RAMP 72 : 34

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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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