Foots Creek Placers

The Foots Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Jackson county, Oregon.

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: Foots Creek Placers  

State:  Oregon

County:  Jackson

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 42.31556, -123.07694

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Foots Creek Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Foots Creek Placers
Secondary: Bishop & Sturtevant Dredge
Secondary: Black Gold
Secondary: Boling & Koster
Secondary: Cook
Secondary: Crc
Secondary: Glen Ditch
Secondary: Lance
Secondary: Swacker Flat
Secondary: Murphy-Murray Dredge
Secondary: Rogue River Gold Mining Dredge
Secondary: Champion Electric Dredge


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Oregon
County: Jackson


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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): N 1/2


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P.240

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 2, 208 P.

Reference (Production): ODGMI RECORDS


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