| Deposit ID | 10298516 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M013595 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0410150287 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sixes River Placers |
| Alternate or previous names | Sixes River Placer, Inman, Guerin, Little Otter, Smith & Robinson, Wagner, Wallace & Hanly, Way Thompson Flat, Hydro Sixes, Otter Creek, Elgin |
| Related records | 10152598, 10152646, 10200937, 10273986, 10109318, 10176864, 10274463 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -124.31788, 42.80401 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 49 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Curry(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Butler(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Curry |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 032 S | 014 W | 11 | NESE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| PGE Critical | Tertiary |
| Iridium Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -124.31788, 42.80401 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Unknown |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410150287 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M013595 | MAS references MRDS |
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,
P. 80-90.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 182.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 36.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 29-JUL-92 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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