The Brown Town is a iron, titanium, metal, and platinum mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,949 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: 1,949 Feet (594 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Platinum
Lat, Long: 42.08333, -123.51417
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Brown Town MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brown Town
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Takilma Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: $48.30/TON PT FROM 146 LBS TITANIFEROUS HEMATITE, RECALCULATES TO 0.0254 OZ/TON (870 PPB), CONCENTRATION NOT KNOWN.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO GOLD REPORTED
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP JUST SOUTHEAST OF BROWTOWN SITE. AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION FOR THIS PROPERTY MIGHT BE THE PROSPECT SHOWN NEAR THE BROWNTOWN SITE IN SEC. 35, T. 40 S., R. 5 W., WHICH IS THE LOCATION GIVEN ORIGINALLY IN THIS RECORD. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES LOCATION IS WITHIN ROGUE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Workings): PRESUMABLY HYDRAULICKING
References
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. 1214-1215
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