High Gravel

The High Gravel is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,900 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

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Site Name

Primary: High Gravel
Secondary: Osgood

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: F. H. Osgood
Years: 1933 -

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD GRADE $0.03/YD AT $20/OZ AVERAGE VALUE

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLD DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT CONGLOMERATE BUT MORE ABUNDANT NEAR SURFACE WHERE WEATHERED

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC, SEVERAL PITS

Comment (Geology): GREENSTONE BEDROCK. TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE WELL EXPOSED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT BANKS AND IS COMPOSED MOSTLY OF POORLY SORTED BOULDERS IN A SANDY MATRIX - SOME OF THIS WAS MINED

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M013263.

Comment (Location): IN ALLEN GULCH, SOME OLD WORKINGS IN SCOTCH GULCH

Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PGE DATA; NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $90,000 BEFORE 1933.

References

Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-B, P. 183-184.

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 INDUSTIRES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 202.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 242.

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): PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1, NO. 4, P. 120.

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