The Buck Fork Placers is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Oregon.
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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
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Buck Fork Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buck Fork Placers
Secondary: Upper North Myrtle Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Myrtle Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG NORTH MYRTLE CREEK AND STREAMS TO THE NORTH
Comment (Production): LEE CREEK AND BUCK FORK PLACERS PRODUCED $150,000 IN GOLD BY 1898; WORKED PERIODICALLY THRU 1941
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS DECOMPOSED DIORITE. ; GEOL.DESC: NUGGETS SHOW LITTLE ROUNDING AND ARE GENERALLY ATTACHED TO PIECES OF VEIN QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 267 - 268
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 34
Oregon Gold
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