Flanagan

The Flanagan is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 919 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

Name: Flanagan  

State:  Oregon

County:  Josephine

Elevation: 919 Feet (280 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 42.47083, -123.50194

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Flanagan MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Flanagan
Secondary: Bybee
Secondary: Flanagan & Emerson
Secondary: Emerson


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum


Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Grants Pass District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD IS FINE


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): IN ROGUE NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL LABELED FLANAGAN MINE ON TOPO MAP; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WILDERVILLE 1:24000

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS SMALL

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS SLATE

Comment (Production): SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IS ON BEDROCK AND 17 FT ABOVE

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC, 35 ACRES MINED


References

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, P. 33.

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. 71.

Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 128.

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, AND BROOKS, H.C., 1969, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON: U.S. CONGRESS 90TH, 2D SESSION, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, SENATE PRINTING, P. 167-171.


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