The Foster Creek Gold Prospects is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.02639, -122.40583
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Foster Creek Gold Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Creek Gold Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. C. Bartley
Home Office: Ashland, Or.
Years: 1971 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.80 OZ/TON AG (ODGMI ANALYSES) MOST VALUES LESS THAN 0.15 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 0.23 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): FREE GOLD AND PYRITE OCCUR AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN ALTERED TUFF AND ANDESITE. THE MINERALIZED ZONE APPEARS TO HAVE A MERCURY HALO
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A MAIN ZONE APPROXIMATELY 7000 FEET LONG AND 100 TO 600 FEET WIDE. INDIVIDUAL GOLD-BEARING ZONES ARE 20-200 FT WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): BARTLEY, R.C., 1971, FOSTER CREEK GOLD PROSPECT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 36
Oregon Gold
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