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West, Oregon
Sharps Creek OR
Bohemia district panning
Gold ground Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: black sand concentrates.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: creek draining the 1863 Bohemia mining district southeast of Cottage Grove, with a BLM recreation site open to casual panning
BLM manages Sharps Creek Recreation Site and the creek's placer gold history in the Bohemia district is well documented
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Cold waterSlippery bedrock chutes at the swimming hole
Keep exploring nearby
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