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Platerica Mine

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098506
MRDS ID M060672
Record type Site
Current site name Platerica Mine
Alternate or previous names Plataurica
Related records 10250187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.63671, 42.05343 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1.2 MI WEST OF TAKILMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 008W 28,33,34,27 SW4 (27); NW4 (34); NE4 OF NE4 (33) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF ALLEN GULCH. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON EAST SIDE OF GULCH NEAR ITS HEAD IN SW/4 SEC. 27.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTS THAT HEMATITE CONTAINS GOLD ARE NOT VERIFIED. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM IN BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Platinum Ore

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.63671, 42.05343
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Conglomerate Is Jointed And Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics. Minerals Occur Throughout Conglomerate; More Abundant Near Bedrock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Waldo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Platerica Mining Co.
    First year 1933
  • Type Owner
    Owner Patterson, A. D.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oldfield, C. N.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leek, Walter
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grauer, R. M.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harrison, Charles
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • ORE DIRECTLY ABOVE BEDROCK SAID TO AVERAGE $0.025/YD

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 211.

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-B, P. 185.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M013263.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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