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Mule Creek Area Placers

Producer in Curry 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109702
MRDS ID M061499
Record type Site
Current site name Mule Creek Area Placers
Alternate or previous names Paul Junior, Battle Bar, Blossom, Red Dog, Oregon River, Solitude Bar, Paradise, Winkele Bar, Gold Bar
Related records 10152641, 10152785, 10201031, 10249357, 10249382

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87811, 42.72148 (WGS84)
Relative position ON MULE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marial(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)

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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
033S 010W 10 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROGUE RIVER FROM ILLAHEE UPSTREAM TO BATTLE BAR; AND INCLUDING MULE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS SERPENTINE & SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mule Creek

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.37

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 189

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 71 - 79

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, G.M. AND MITCHELL, G.J., 1916, PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 2, NO. 2, P.121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRAVELS
Deposit SEPARATE RECORD FOR RED RIVER MINING COMPANY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. 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

Beyond USGS

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