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Wolf Creek Placers

Producer in Josephine 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109309
MRDS ID M013384
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Aman Ranch, Paynes, White Star, Forsythe, Paynesjason, Buckhorn, Blue Channel, Egger, Layman
Related records 10128697, 10225226, 10232673, 10298479

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.38394, 42.68538 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glendale(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 006W 05 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN STEM AND TRIBUTARIES OF WOLF AND COYOTE CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAVELS LARGELY EXHAUSTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.38394, 42.68538
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenback

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, PP.95-119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHANNEL AND BENCH GRAVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W 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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