Foster Creek Gold Prospects

The Foster Creek Gold Prospects is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,999 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

Name: Foster Creek Gold Prospects  

State:  Oregon

County:  Douglas

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 43.02639, -122.40583

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Foster Creek Gold Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Foster Creek Gold Prospects


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury


Location

State: Oregon
County: Douglas


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Owner Name: R. C. Bartley
Home Office: Ashland, Or.
Years: 1971 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.80 OZ/TON AG (ODGMI ANALYSES) MOST VALUES LESS THAN 0.15 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 0.23 OZ/TON AU


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): FREE GOLD AND PYRITE OCCUR AS FINELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN ALTERED TUFF AND ANDESITE. THE MINERALIZED ZONE APPEARS TO HAVE A MERCURY HALO

Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A MAIN ZONE APPROXIMATELY 7000 FEET LONG AND 100 TO 600 FEET WIDE. INDIVIDUAL GOLD-BEARING ZONES ARE 20-200 FT WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG


References

Reference (Deposit): BARTLEY, R.C., 1971, FOSTER CREEK GOLD PROSPECT; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 36


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