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Rogue River Tributary Bars

ORbeginner

Southwest Oregon · near Grants Pass · ~1,200 ft

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High likelihood

Tributary bars and side streams with recreational digs. Winter rains rearrange gravel.

DirectionsLog dig
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Access

Mixed access

Best season

Spring & fall best

Water

perennial

Geology & history

Klamath-Siskiyou sources.

Historic yield: SW Oregon placer history

Dispersion radius: ~15 km corridor on the map

Coordinates: 42.4300, -123.1700

Best features

  • Tributary mouths
  • Storm gold

Field tips

  1. After winter storms
  2. Tributary mouths
  3. Mixed access

Nearby corridors

~63 mi away

Klamath River Bars

CA

Klamath Mountains · near Happy Camp

Long river with historic bars and modern recreational interest. Runoff rearranges paydirt.

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~118 mi away

Trinity River Corridor

CA

Klamath Mountains · near Weaverville

Long gold history along the Trinity. Bars and gulch mouths repay careful panning after runoff.

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~218 mi away

Feather River — Oroville Reach

CA

Northern Sierra · near Oroville

Heavy glacial and hydraulic reworking dumped fine and coarse gold into the lower Feather. Bars rebuild after high water.

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Verify claims and land status before any excavation. Coordinates are approximate corridor centers for education. See Terms.