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Madden

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. 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 10098522
MRDS ID M061376
Record type Site
Current site name Madden
Alternate or previous names Blanco
Related records 10298259

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.47425, 42.83231 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Relative position NEAR SIXES ADJACENT TO CRYSTAL CREEK, 7 MI NORTH OF PORT ORFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sixes(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 015W 04 SE4 OF NE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS PRESUMED TO BE ACCURATE WITHIN AREA OF BEACH TERRACE. LOCATION GIVEN IS NEAR CENTER IN EXTREME EASTERN PART OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PT:AU 1:20
Result 3 SAND SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.0-0.02 OZ/TON (0-686 PPB) AU+PT

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.47425, 42.83231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 10
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHALE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Discoverer Cyrus Madden

Mining district

District name Sixes River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. C. Landreth
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $1,000/YR FROM 1898 TO 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Comments on development

  • MOSTLY INTERMITTENT WORK OVER 40 YEARS; OPERATED ON SMALL SCALE SINCE 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 126.

  • 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. 84-86.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LOCATED ALONG INNER BORDER OF COASTAL PLAIN. ORE ON FALSE BEDROCK OF CEMENTED SAND AND GRAVEL

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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