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Anderson

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042673
MRDS ID M060562
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson
Alternate or previous names Holiday, Anderson and Wilson
Related records 10298163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.69088, 42.26315 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI WEST OF REDWOOD HIGHWAY
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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 18,19 NW4 OF NE4 (18) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH SIDES OF ILLINOIS RIVER BELOW MOUTH OF JOSEPHINE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Secondary
Iridium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU IS VERY FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result PGE, MAINLY IR, HAVE PGE:AU=1:5. FROM DAY & RICHARDS ILLINOIS R. NEAR KERBY: $461.75/TON AU AND $323.10/TON PT RECALCULATED TO 0.8 OZ/TON (27 PPM) AU AND 0.4 OZ/TON (14 PPM) PT.

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) -123.69088, 42.26315
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Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOFT SERPENTINE BEDROCK

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Discoverer Anderson Brothers

Mining district

District name Illinois River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bullpit, J. M.
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Barkman, O. V.
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION MAY HAVE BEEN LARGE; IN 1916 MINE SAID TO AVERAGE $1,000 AU+PT EVERY 20 DAYS. PRODUCED FROM LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 804.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC AND DREDGE MINING; ABOUT 50 ACRES MINED; SOME RESERVES REMAIN

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M060562
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410330226

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. 122.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1916, OREGON, GRANT COUNTY, COMPTON MINES CO.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 101, JUNE 24, P. 1135.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013266.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-76 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey