Old Channel

Old Channel is a producer of gold, platinum in Josephine County, Oregon, in USGS's medium output class. It is one of 407 historic gold producers USGS lists in Josephine County, and number 2 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Gold, Platinum
Deposit type
Placer Au-PGE
Workings
Surface
County
Josephine County
State
Oregon
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10042757

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

134 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Josephine County page lists the biggest.