Applegate Dam

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250090
MAS/MILS ID 0410290548
Record type Site
Current site name Applegate Dam
Alternate or previous names Rainbow # 1 & 2, Heads Washer, McKee Placer, Rippey Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.08584, 42.10653 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mule Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 S 003 W 08 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.08584, 42.10653

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peter Kiewit And Sons
    ID 3502861
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/18/1979
MSHA mine ID3502861
Mine name (MSHA)Applegate Dam
Current operatorPeter Kiewit Sons' Company
Current controller (parent)Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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