Mine detail: Atlas Gold Dredging

Previously called 'Leonard Placer'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.11315, -123.54087

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum, Iridium
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1940-41

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM060639
DEP10109662
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 243.}{Deposit:: MINING WORLD, 1941, ATLAS GOLD DREDGING: MINING WORLD, V. 3, NO. 3, P. 25-29.}{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. 180-181, 205.}{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.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Peterson, Jocelyn A.