Scientific data near [42.27652,-123.82756]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 3.0 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Curry	county
Oregon	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Pearsoll Peak	quadrangle 1:24,000 scale
Grants Pass	quadrangle 1:100,000 scale
Medford	quadrangle 1:250,000 scale
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Illinois	hydrologic unit
Southern Oregon Coastal	hydrologic accounting unit
Oregon-Washington Coastal	hydrologic subregion
Pacific Northwest	hydrologic region

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Unit	State	Lithology
Granite and diorite	OR	Triassic and Jurassic
Ultramafic and related rocks of ophiolite sequences	OR	Paleozoic(?), Triassic(?), and Jurassic

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Medford '78	M-Dz	Medford '78 5978 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of OR
Josephine	M-Dz	Josephine 3218 line km with spacing 0.80 km over parts of OR
Medford	M/R-D	Medford 4707 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of CA-OR

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
PC03	Skarn Cu	Mesozoic
PC08	Porphyry Cu	Mesozoic
PC40	Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein	Mesozoic

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Foothills-Wallowa	Oceanic arc	Western Cordillera

Podiform chromite deposits

Location and characteristics of 1,124 individual mineral deposits of this type, with grade and tonnage models for chromium as well as several related elements.

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Record	Type	Comment
McCaleb's Sourdough No. 2

National Geochemical Database: Rock

Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"

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Sample ID	Rock type	Rock name
DAD164
DAD218
DAD371	igneous	mafic
DAD372	igneous	felsic
M144503	igneous	gabbro

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Eagle Mountain Prospect	Occurrence	CR PGE_PT PGE_PD PGE_RH
Mccaleb No. 1	Past Producer	CR PGE_PT PGE_PD PGE_IR PGE_RU PGE_RH
Mccaleb No. 2	Past Producer	CR PGE_PT PGE_PD PGE_RH
Golden Dream	Producer	AU AG
Unnamed Prospect	Occurrence	CR PGE_PT PGE_PD PGE_RH
Wonder Group	Past Producer	CR
Eagle Mountain Gossan	Occurrence	AU CU
Stone Prospect	Occurrence	CU
Marcella	Occurrence	CR
Stone Prospect	Prospect	CU
Olive B.	Occurrence	CR
Mc Caleb Group	Producer	CR PGE_PT PGE_RH PGE_PD
Empire Prospect	Occurrence	AU
Marcella	Prospect	CR
Eagle Mountain Prospect	Prospect	CR
Golden Dream Placers	Past Producer	AU AG
Chrome Prospect	Occurrence	CR
Sourdough No. 1	Occurrence	CR
Olive B.	Prospect	CR
Empire Prospect	Past Producer	AU
Mccaleb's Sourdough No. 2 Mine	Unknown	CR
Eagle Mountain Gossan	Occurrence	AU CU
Mccaleb's Sourdough No. 1 Prospect	Prospect	CR
Unnamed Prospect	Prospect	CR
Unnamed Prospect	Occurrence	CR

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Mccaleb No. 2	Past Producer	Oregon, United States
Uncle Sam Slide Creek	Past Producer	Oregon, United States
Mccaleb No. 1	Past Producer	Oregon, United States
Wonder Group	Past Producer	Oregon, United States
Mccaleb\'s Sourdough No. 2 Mine	unclassified	Oregon, United States
Slide Creek Chromite Claims	Past Producer	Oregon, United States
Uncle Sam Mine	Past Producer	Oregon, United States
Mc Caleb Group	Producer	Oregon, United States
Unnamed Prospect	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Harry B.	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Marcella	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Chrome Prospect	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Olive B.	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Lost Is Found	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Unnamed Prospect	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Sourdough No. 1	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Lost Is Found Claim	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Marcella	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Mccaleb\'s Sourdough No. 1 Prospect	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Eagle Mountain Prospect	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Olive B.	Occurrence	Oregon, United States
Unnamed Prospect	Occurrence	Oregon, United States

National Geochemical Database: Sediment

Geochemical analysis of sediment samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are of stream sediment in the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
LDQ746	stream/river	xcoord=432600; ycoord=468130; stream
LDQ747	stream/river	xcoord=432400; ycoord=468145; stream
LDQ783	stream/river	xcoord=432100; ycoord=468165; stream
LDQ784	stream/river	xcoord=431400; ycoord=468120; stream
LDQ785	stream/river	xcoord=431450; ycoord=468075; stream

National Geochemical Database: Soil

Geochemical analysis of soil samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
LEA023	surface	xcoord=432350; ycoord=468165
LEA024	surface	xcoord=431550; ycoord=468095

National Geochemical Database: Concentrate

Geochemistry of concentrates from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are from the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
LEA065	stream/river	xcoord=432600; ycoord=468130; stream
LEA066	stream/river	xcoord=432400; ycoord=468145; stream
LEA071	stream/river	xcoord=432100; ycoord=468165; stream
LEA072	stream/river	xcoord=431400; ycoord=468120; stream
LEA073	stream/river	xcoord=431450; ycoord=468075; stream
LEA097	stream/river	xcoord=432600; ycoord=468130; stream
LEA098	stream/river	xcoord=432400; ycoord=468145; stream
LEA103	stream/river	xcoord=432100; ycoord=468165; stream
LEA104	stream/river	xcoord=431400; ycoord=468120; stream
LEA105	stream/river	xcoord=431450; ycoord=468075; stream

Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pit

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Feature ID	Feature type	Feature name
Open Pit Mine	point
Open Pit Mine	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	point
Prospect Pit	point
Prospect Pit	point
Open Pit Mine	polygon