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Rose Mine

Occurrence in Coos 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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032213
MRDS ID M013524
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.36425, 43.22036 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Relative position 7 MI NORTH OF BANDON

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)

Coos(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 21 NE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH BRANCH OF TWOMILE CREEK. LOCATION IS PRESUMED ACCURATE WITHIN BEACH TERRACE; NO MINE IS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE WAS BARREN.

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, 43.22036
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BED AT THIS POINT RESTS ON SHALE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Abraham Rose

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. D. Walker, J. L. Berghamer, J. H. Fackler, Edith Covert, Leng Dafoe
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE GOLD AND PLATINUM REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 60.705HA
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED BY GROUND SLUICING AND LATER BY HYDRAULICKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. 26-27.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IS DISTRIBUTED GENERALLY THROUGHOUT WHEREAS PLATINUM IS SPOTTY. ORE IS IN A BLACK SAND BELT OF AN ANCIENT TERRACE. COARSEST MATERIAL IS LANDWARD.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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