Silver Nugget Placer

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032115
MRDS ID	M013242
Record type	Site
Current site name	Silver Nugget Placer
Related records	10249724

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.7156, 42.18621 (WGS84)
Relative position	SW1/4 SW1/4
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	039S	009W	12	SW OF SW	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.7156, 42.18621	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: CEMENTED GRAVEL ON A SERPENTINE AND PORPHYRY BEDROCK. IN THE STREAM BED THERE ARE MANY BOULDERS AND SOME CLAY.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Waldo

Land status

Area name	Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M013242
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410330413

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 218

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1974	Lee, W	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries