Pioneer Mine

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032215
MRDS ID M013526
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Mine
Alternate or previous names Lane Mine
Related records 10200893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.36425, 43.1948 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Relative position 4 MI NORTH OF BULLARDS ON SEVEN DEVILS RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027S 014W 33 W2 OF W2 OF NE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON CUT CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT WITH MINOR IR AND RU FOUND IN SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF PGE ALLOY RECOVERED IN SLUICING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Iridium Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result BLACK SANDS AVERAGE 3% MAGNETITE, 55% CHROMITE + ILMENITE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.36425, 43.1948

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 15.85M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PAY STREAK IS LAYERED BLACK SAND 3 FT OR MORE THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Discoverer A. H. Hinch And John Dame

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Consolidated Mining Corp.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alex H. Smith
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CAVED TUNNELS, THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS 1,340 FT.

Comments on development

  • 2 PATENTED CLAIMS OVER 19.51 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 1 , P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 179-180.

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F.W., 1963, LEST WE FORGET: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, ORE BIN, V. 25, NO. 6, P. 98, 102-103.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1934, BEACH PLACERS OF THE OREGON COAST: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 8, P. 38.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANCIENT BEACH TERRACE
Deposit THE MINE HAS A HISTORY OF NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO SET UP A PAYING OPERATION. BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE OVERBURDEN, AVERAGING MORE THAN 50 FT, AND VARIOUS OTHER CAUSES, ONLY THE EARLIER OPERATION WAS PROFITABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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