The Revell Placer is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Revell Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Revell Placer
Secondary: Buena Vista
Secondary: Meander No. 1
Secondary: And Meander No. 2 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Illinois River Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Siskiyou National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $461.75 AU, $323.10 PT, 75 LB/TON GRAVEL
Analytical Data: FROM DAY AND RICHARDS, KERBY DIST: $10.75/TON AU, $32.10/TON PT, TRACE CINNABAR, CONC. NOT KNOWN
Materials
Ore: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Ore: Mercury
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BLACK SANDS HAVE AU, PT; GRAVELS HAVE HG. GOLD IS EXCEEDINGLY FINE
Comment (Workings): A SMALL AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC MINING, HAND DUG PIT
Comment (Location): 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.
Comment (Production): GOLD PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1940
Comment (Deposit): TALUS ACTED AS A FALSE BEDROCK BOTTOM
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS METAVOLCANIC GREENSTONE AND SERPENTINE
References
Reference (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.
Reference (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.
Oregon Gold
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