The Atlas Gold Dredging is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,650 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: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.11333, -123.53972
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Atlas Gold Dredging MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atlas Gold Dredging
Secondary: Leonard Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iridium
Secondary: 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. S. Leonard
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Atlas Gold Dredging Co.
Years: 1941 -
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: M
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: PGE=90% IR, 10% PT
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS ON ALTHOUSE CREEK IN SOUTHERN PART OF SEC. 4
Comment (Production): SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION OF ABOUT AN OUNCE A WEEK (MINING WORLD)
Comment (Development): SOME SMALL SCALE MINING IN 1936-1938
Comment (Workings): LARGEST DRAGLINE WASHING PLANT IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGN; 5 YARD DRAGLINE, HANDLED 6,000 YD/DAY. DIRFT MINING IN AREA IN EARLY DAYS
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS NEAR BEDROCK ; GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS SOFT GRANITE AND HARD SERPENTINE
References
Reference (Deposit): MINING WORLD, 1941, ATLAS GOLD DREDGING: MINING WORLD, V. 3, NO. 3, P. 25-29.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 243.
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, TABLE 1.
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. 180-181, 205.
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