The Flanagan is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 919 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 919 Feet (280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.47083, -123.50194
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Flanagan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flanagan
Secondary: Bybee
Secondary: Flanagan & Emerson
Secondary: Emerson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Grants Pass District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD IS FINE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): IN ROGUE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL LABELED FLANAGAN MINE ON TOPO MAP; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WILDERVILLE 1:24000
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS SMALL
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS SLATE
Comment (Production): SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS ON BEDROCK AND 17 FT ABOVE
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC, 35 ACRES MINED
References
Reference (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, P. 33.
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. 71.
Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 128.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, AND BROOKS, H.C., 1969, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON: U.S. CONGRESS 90TH, 2D SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE PRINTING, P. 167-171.
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