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Revell Placer

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Mercury
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042672
MRDS ID M060561
Record type Site
Current site name Revell Placer
Alternate or previous names Buena Vista, Meander No. 1, And Meander No. 2 Claims
Related records 10128530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.69116, 42.27871 (WGS84)
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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 038S 008W 07 NE4 OF SW4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. SOUTH BANK OF ILLINOIS RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MIDDLE OF SAND BAR AT WESTWARD TURN IN RIVER. REFERENCE STATED LOCATION AS IN NW/4 SEC. 7; HOWEVER, THAT IS NORTH OF THE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLACK SANDS HAVE AU, PT; GRAVELS HAVE HG. GOLD IS EXCEEDINGLY FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Mercury Ore
Platinum Ore

Analytical data

Result FROM DAY AND RICHARDS, KERBY DIST: $10.75/TON AU, $32.10/TON PT, TRACE CINNABAR, CONC. NOT KNOWN
Result $461.75 AU, $323.10 PT, 75 LB/TON GRAVEL

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
BC deposit profile C01. C02
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.69116, 42.27871
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Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Concentrated From Workings Upstream

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS METAVOLCANIC GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois River Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC MINING, HAND DUG PIT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M060561
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410330261

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 142-143.

  • Deposit

    DAY, D.T. AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905: P. 1212-1213.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALUS ACTED AS A FALSE BEDROCK BOTTOM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey