Red Dog Placer

Prospect in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152641
MRDS ID M061499
MAS/MILS ID 0410150123
Record type Site
Current site name Red Dog Placer
Alternate or previous names Mule Creek Area Placers
Related records 10109702, 10152785, 10201031, 10249357, 10249382

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.87867, 42.72341 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Wild Rogue 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 033 S 010 W 10 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Ultramafic and related rocks of ophiolite sequences

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 71-79.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 189.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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