Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

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Mineral List:

Actinolite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Altaite Andradite Anorthite var: Labradorite Antigorite    var: Picrolite 'Apophyllite' Aragonite Arsenopyrite Augite Awaruite Azurite Baryte Biotite Bornite Calcite Chalcanthite 'Chalcedony' Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Chromite Chrysocolla Chrysotile Cinnabar 'Clay' Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Covellite Cubanite Cuprite

Daubréeite Diopside Dolomite Epidote Epistilbite Erythrite Galena 'Garnet Group' 'Garnierite' Gold Gypsum Hematite Hessite 'Hornblende' Ilmenite Iridium    var: Osmiridium Kassite Limonite Linnaeite Maghemite Magnesite Magnetite Malachite Marcasite Mercury 'Mica Group' Molybdenite 'Olivine' Oregonite (TL) Osmium var: Iridosmine Pentlandite Petzite

Platinum Powellite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Ringwoodite ? Rutile Scheelite 'Sericite' 'Serpentine Group' Siderite Silicon Silver Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sylvanite Talc Tenorite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite 'Tourmaline Group' Tremolite Trevorite Uvarovite Wairauite Zircon Zoisite

98 entries listed. 79 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:

USA   Oregon Josephine Co. Abegg Stockpile Site Althouse Creek District Althouse-Run Gulch Placer (Sheaffer Placer) Althouse Mine (Leonard; Johnson; May Queen; Atlas Gold Dredge; Surprise; Lone Star) Atlas Gold Dredging Corporation Placer (Leonard Placer) Chollard Chromite Mine (Golconda Mine) Frog Pond Mine (Morning Star Group) Horseshoe Property Johnson Placer (Alsen Gulch Placer) Kerby Queen Mine (Sowell Mine) Lone Star Placer (Maiden Mine) Lucky Strike Mine (No. 134) May Queen Placer Middleman Prospect Pony Shoe Group Sucker Creek Placers Four Star Placer Surprise Mining Co. placer Angora Quarry Applegate District Exchequer Mine Glenda Lou Prospect Golconda Mine Marble Mt. Marble Mountain Quarry (Rogue River Lime; Ideal Cement Company) Michigan Mine Mountain Lion Mine Murphy Placer Old Rose Chrome Deposit (Pennington Butte Chromite) Oscar Creek Placer (Bishop & Sturdevant; Jewell & Moore Group) Porcupine Mine Washington Brick and Line Company Quarry (Oregon Lime Products Company Quarry) B Street Big Yank No. 1 Bolan Creek District Bolan Lake Placer Brooklyn Mine (Gold Pick Mine) Happy Day Group (Blanket Ledge Mine) State claim (Bolan Creek Mine; Hull Mine) Briggs Creek District Elkhorn Creek Chrome Deposits (Briggs Creek Chrome; Rose City Chrome; Nigger Chrome; Elkhorn Creek Crome; Kerby No. 22) Elkhorn Creek Manganese Elkhorn Placer Mine Gold Bond Placer (Red Dog Gold Placer) Horse Mountain Chromite Last Chance Occurrence Lightning Ridge Occurrence Swede Basin Prospect (Quicksilver Swede Basin) Young Placers Briner Occurrence Bristol Quarry Carberry Creek District Arnold Mine Mountain View Claims (Mountain View Mitchell) Central Illinois River District Big Buck Claim Black Rose Occurrence Carter Creek Prospect Chrome King No. 1 (Chrome King Mine; Daley Creek Chrome) Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 44) Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 45) Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 92) Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10033216) Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10033217) Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053389) Chromite Rancherie Creek Occurrence Clearwater Chrome Occurrence Cleopatra Claim (Part of Calumet Group) Cox Thompson Mine (May Be Part of Chrome King) Gold Blanket Placer Gold Butte Prospect Good Friday (Kerby No. 36) Gray Buck Group Group Hansen High Ridge Claim High View Prospect Jack Shade Chromite (Black Prince; Hot Dog; Grants Pass Chrome Company) Knappe Gulch Chrome Prospect Knappe Point Occurrence Leaning Pine Prospect Low Ridge Claim (Sally Ann Claim) Lucky Hunch Claim Lucky Pat Claim Lucky Strike - Castle Springs Midnight Claim (Black Beauty; Myrtle Creek) Millers Dream Prospect Mockingbird Mine Mohawk Claim (Part of Calumet Group) Mule Shoe Claim (Myrtle Creek) New Deal Claim Nichols Place Occurrence Nichols Prospect (Red Hill) Old Casey Panther Creek Mining Company Placer Mines Company Red Dog Placers (Red Dog Gold Placers) Riverside Claim Robbin Prospect (Jim Bus; Illinois Chrome Mine; Midnight; Lucky Star; McClung - Krueger) Rose Claim (Nichols Chrome No. 2) Saturday Anne (Black Rock) Sixmile Copper Occurrence Squaw Creek Chrome (Lone Pine Claim) Store Gulch Claim Unnamed Chromite Placer (MRDS - 10176634) Upper Hammon Occurrence (Upper Hammer Mine) White Water Lode Claim Chancellor Quarry Cheney Creek Quarry Chrome Milling Company Chrome No. 3 Chrome Ridge District Alta Occurrence (One of Sordy Group) Blue Prince Claim Bowers Chrome Briggs Creek Cavyell Horse Creek (Van Gwyn; Red Dog) Cavyell Horse Mt. (Horse Mountain Chromite) Chrome Crest Claim (Part of Sordy Group) Chrome Flat (Hornet Claim of Sordy Group) Chrome Flat Mine Chrome Prospect (Kerby No. 25) Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10032196) Chrome Ridge Deposits Buster Occurrence (One of Sordy Group) Violet Mine (Briggs Creek Sordy; Part of Sordy Group) Chrome Ridge Deposits (Shady Cove 0410330323; Violet 0410330215; Sordy Group; Buster) F D Q Gallagher Chrome Hard-To-Get Claim (Catty Buck) Lucky L. & R. Mary Walker Claim P.D.Q. Claim (Part of Sordy Group) Sad Sack (Nigger; Black Princess) Shady Cove (Black Prince Claims; Sordy Group; Spotted Fawn) Three L Claim Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10152932) Upper Pine Creek Occurrence Western No. 1 Claim Western No. 2 Occurrence Yellow Jacket Claim Cobalt Group (MRDS - 10053376) Coyote Creek District Anaconda Mine Couger Mine (Spotted Fawn; Livingston Group) Dorothea Mine (Marshall Mine) Gold Coin Mine Livingstone Mine (Spotted Fawn Mine) Macabee Mine (Kaviju Mine) Martha Mine (Greenback Group) Payne's Placer Porphyry Group Reed Mine (Black Pine Ridge Chrome) Wolf Creek Aman Ranch Placer Forsythe Placer Dunbar Placer Elehi Friday Galice District Almeda Mine (Big Yank Lode) Alta Vista Mine Argo Group (Arago) Beth Prospect Black Bear Mine (Dan Green Mine) Black Hawk Occurrence (Black Jack) Black Hawk Property (Black Jack) Black Jack (Black Jack Pocket) Black Jack Property (Black Jack Pocket) Blue Bell Prospect (Blue Bill) Bradbury Mine Brass Ledge Quartz Claim (Copper Eagle Mine) Buffalo Group Burrow Prospect California-Oregon Placer Mine (Dan Green Property; Cal.-Ore. Mine; Cal-Ore Placer; Golden Bar Placer; Galice Consolidate Mines Company) California Oregon Placer Old Don Greene Carlton Group Chrome Occurrence (Ramp No. 138) Cold Spring Mine Copper Bell (Copper Standard) Dean and Dean Placer Eva Underhill Occurrence Fowler Group Galice Chief Occurrence (Ramp No. 140) Goff Mine Gold Mine (Galice No. 70) Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10033215) Gold Placer (MRDS - 10032299) Gold Placer (MRDS - 10249768) Gold Placer (MRDS - 10274598) Gold Placer Prospect (MRDS - 10053321) Gold Placer Prospect (MRDS - 10053334) Gold Plate Mine Gold Prospect (Galice No. 84) Gold Prospect (Galice No. 91) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032284) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10033226) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10053322) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10095123) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10201409) Golden Bar Placer Golden Eagle Placer Golden Light Claim Golden Pheasant Group (Cal-Ore) Golden Wedge Mine Grubstake Mine Gypsum Occurrence (MRDS - 10053350) Hansen Mine (Hansen Saddle; Alta Vista) Hellgate Placer Howland Mine (Silver Creek Mine) Independence Claim (Alameda North Extension) J.C.L. Group J D Placer Joker Occurrence Juanita Property (Seven-Thirty Mine) Keystone Group Last Chance Placer Lawrence Mine Legal Tender Group Leipold Placer Claims Looney Mine Lost Flat Mine Lower Grave Creek Placers (Columbia; Caregie; Klum; Archer; Vindicator; Benson; Lewis; Three L's; Goff; Stovepipe; Steam Beer; Glory Hole; Butte Creek; Grave Creek) Lucky Shot Mine (Dingman) Marvin Mine Mayflower Mine McNair Flat Placer Mill Creek Prospect Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10036491) Moonbeam Mine Mount Peavine Occurrence Nesbit Group Old Channel Mine Old Channel Placer (North Channel Mine; Old Rogue Channel Mine; High Channel Mine) Old Channel Placers (Blue Gravel; Leipold; California-Oregon; Dean & Dean; Dan Green; Ankeny; Old Channel; Star; Stratton Creek; Last Chance; High Channel) Oriole Mine Peavine Occurrence (Red Cap Group) Poorman North Mine Prospect (MRDS - 10095124) Pyles Bar Prospect Rainbow Occurrence (West Zone; East Zone) Rand Placer (Old Rand Placer) Red Elephant Claims Richmond Group (Friday Group) Robertson Mine (Progressive; Bunker Hill Mine) Rocky Gulch (Cramer; Wells No. 45) Rocky Gulch Mine (Lewis Placer; Jewell and Lewis Placer; Lewis and Lowell Placer; Rock Gulch Placer) Saint Patrick Mine Scandinavian-American Placer Scotty Occurrence Silver Creek Mine Skinner Prospect Sordy Claim Sordy Placer (Golden Eagle) Spokane Group Spradling Placer Standard Group Stratton Creek Placer Strenuous Teddy Claim Sugar Loaf Sugar Pine Mine Sugar Pine Placer Tennessee Bar (Horseshoe Bar; Little Meadows Placer) Texas Oregon Power & Placer Mine Three Lodes Group Trade Dollar Mine Treasury Group Unnamed Chromite Prospect (MRDS - 10201857) Unnamed Gold Placers (MRDS - 10298566) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032286) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10128838) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10152686) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10176678) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10201558) Unnamed Occurrence (MRDS - 10032103) Unnamed Placer (MRDS - 10249608) Victor Mine Whiskey Springs Mine Whiteneck Group Windy Gap Mine Wolfe Prospect Yankee Chief Group (Canyon & Bogus Claims) Yankee Silver Lode Occurrence Gold Hill District Cal-Ore Power Company (Cal-Ore Power CompanyTransmission Line) Derick Berylium Prospect (Josephine) Gold Mine (MRDS - 10099123) Golden Mary Prospect J. & B. Excauting Josephine Occurrence (MRDS - 10053361) Gold Placer Prospect (MRDS - 10053318) Goncolda Nos. 1; 2; 3 Granite Hill Placer Grants Pass District Billy Blue Mine Burns Prospect No. 2 (Ramp No. 141) Centennial Mine (Columbian Mine) Chapin Occurrence Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053331) Chrome Prospect (MRDS - 10053349) Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10032191) Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10043326) Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10201850) Dry Diggings Placer (Canyon Dry Diggings) Gold Chief Mine Gold Star Mine Granite Hill Mine (Ida Mine) Grouse Mountain Mine Hamlin Occurrence Hidden Treasure Claims (Ten Spot Claim) Hill Prospect Jewett Mine Juliano Occurrence Little Pickett Creek Occurrence Lyons Wood Prospect May Queen Mine Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10036453) Molybdenum Occurrence (MRDS - 10036490) Murray Mine (Britton Manganese) Postem Prospect Red Jacket Claim (Oregon Gold Mines) Sexton Mountain Chromite (Sexton Chromite) Snook Occurrence Spector Occurrence Unnamed Chromite Occurrence (MRDS - 10225442) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10201476) Unnamed Placer (MRDS - 10225889) Greenback District (Upper Grave Creek District) Big Slide Lode Occurrence Black Chrome Occurrence (Pine Ridge) Black Rabbit & Ridge Chrome Occurrence Chromic Oxide Mine Columbia Placer (Greenback Consolidated Placer) Coyote Mine Dewey Mine Dorothy Chrome (Ackley Chrome) Eastman No. 1 Occurrence Fandora Mine Florene Mine (Florence) Gilliam Placer (Buckhorn Mining Company) Glory Hole Placer Gold Cup Placer Gold Note Prospect Golden Glow Golden Ring Mine Grave Creek Placer (Rogue River Gold Company Dredge) Greenback Chrome Occurrence Greenback Consolidated Mines Greenback Mine Irish Lady Vein (Irish Girl Vein) Harold Chrome Occurrence Horseshoe Lode Jackie Occurrence Jackpot Mine Jacks Creek Placer Jantzer Occurrence Jim Blaine Mine Lazy Daze Mine Lazy Man Occurrence Leland Sbk Bar Prospect Mammouth Chrome Mine Martha Mine/Property (Part of Greenback Group) Maynard - French Occurrence (Boulder Iron) Meathead Occurrence Moore Chromite (Commander Mine; Mammoth Claim) Morning Mine Mountain Treasure Mining Company Occurrence Northern California Dredging Company Old Crow Occurrence Old Smokey Occurrence Oro Grande Prospect Pegi Occurrence Quarry (MRDS - 10032319) Rainbow Prospect Red Jacket Mine (Oregon Gold Mines) Red Jacket Placer Scholey Gulch Occurrence Shot Mine (Dutch Girl) Sluter Mine (Hardscrabble; Gilbert Eri) Spotted Fawn (Livingstone; Cougar) St. Paul Copper Occurrence (Eastman No. 1) Sulfide Occurrence (MRDS - 10032312) Sunset Mine Thompson Group (Fitzpatrick; J. E. Fitzpatrick) Twelve O'Clock Mine Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10128547) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10298183) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10298396) White Wonder Prospect (Red Mountain Silica) Wolf Creek Logging and Mining Company (Egger; Egger Placer Mine; Logging & Mining Property) Wolf Creek Placers (Aman Ranch; Blue Channel; Forsythe; Layman; White Star; Buckhorn; Paynes; Paynesjason; Egger) Yellowhorn Mine (Jim Blaine Group) Young Prospect Zig-Zag Prospect Greenhorn District Victor Occurrence (Jackpot) Gunnel Road Pit Hinkle Lake Claim Holland Holland District Cannon and Connacher Prospect Cohn Ledge Holland Serpentine Flat Leonard Placer Portland group (Holland) Houser & Burgess Hytemperature Group Illinois - Chetco District Briggs Creek Placers (Courier; Barr; Gold Bond; Young; Swede Creek; Younger; Elkhorn) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032266) Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032267) Inman Mine Little Silver Occurrence (Lone Eagle; Ernest Dunbar) Lone Eagle Occurrence (Little Silver) Macfarlane Brick Plant Occurrence Rose City Mine Sixmile Creek Placers (Stercher Placer) Unnamed Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10281006) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10176980) Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10225622) Illinois River District