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Geiger Creek Mines, Inc.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032220
MRDS ID M013534
Record type Site
Current site name Geiger Creek Mines, Inc.
Alternate or previous names Little Mine
Related records 10152632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.37813, 43.09841 (WGS84)
Elevation 49
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTHEAST OF BANDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bandon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(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 028S 014W 32 SE4 OF SE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON GEIGER CREEK, A SOUTHERN BRANCH OF FERRY CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS WHERE 160 FT CONTOUR CROSSES GEIGER CREEK; IT IS PRESUMED ACCURATE WITHIN TERRACE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01 OZ/TON 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 > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Terrace, pediment, and lag gravels
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer John Geiger

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oregon Corp.
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT THAT CONSIDERABLE GOLD AND PLATINUM WERE RECOVERED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 36.423HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY WORKED BY GROUND SLUICING UNTIL PAY SANDS WERE UNDER WATER LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 21-22.

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F.W., 1963, LEST WE FORGET: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, ORE BIN V. 25, NO. 6, P. 102-103.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANCIENT BEACH TERRACE

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

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