Parker Electromagnetic Machine Project

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042971
MRDS ID M061358
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Electromagnetic Machine Project
Alternate or previous names Ophir
Related records 10298255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.39257, 42.56259 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MI SOUTH 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

Ophir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 015W 08 W2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • AT NORTH END OF OPHIR BEACH. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF EUCHRE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $378.26/TON AU
Result $1022.10/TON PT FROM 2.5 LBS/TON CONC? (RECALCULATED AT $20/OZ, $30/OZ, RESPECTIVELY, TO 19 OZ/TON AU, 34 OZ/TON PT PER TON OF CONC.) = 0.02 OZ/TON (686 PPB) AU, 0.04 OZ/TON (1.4 PPM) PT. ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 12.4% CR2O3

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) -124.39257, 42.56259

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEACH DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lobster Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Parker Methods, Inc.
    First year 1940

Comments on development

  • PARKER ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE PROJECT WAS A 1940 TEST FOR EXCAVATING AND CONCENTRATING UNDER WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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