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Brown Town

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Platinum, Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095673
MRDS ID M061796
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Town
Related records 10201299

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51532, 42.08315 (WGS84)
Elevation 594
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI NORTHEAST OF TAKILMA; 8 MI SOUTHEAST OF OREGON CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 007W 15 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP JUST SOUTHEAST OF BROWTOWN SITE. AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION FOR THIS PROPERTY MIGHT BE THE PROSPECT SHOWN NEAR THE BROWNTOWN SITE IN SEC. 35, T. 40 S., R. 5 W., WHICH IS THE LOCATION GIVEN ORIGINALLY IN THIS RECORD. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES LOCATION IS WITHIN ROGUE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO GOLD REPORTED

Analytical data

Result $48.30/TON PT FROM 146 LBS TITANIFEROUS HEMATITE, RECALCULATES TO 0.0254 OZ/TON (870 PPB), CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN.

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) -123.51532, 42.08315
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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 Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Takilma Area

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PRESUMABLY HYDRAULICKING

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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