Commodities
PrimaryChromium, Platinum, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formSTREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Platinum
GangueZircon
Geology
Host rockGravel
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10109683
MRDS IDM061243
Alternate namesGreenback Consolidated
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.64704, -123.31448
References
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. 98.DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1212-1213.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.BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 218.