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Big Sunshine

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 10042812
MRDS ID M061005
Record type Site
Current site name Big Sunshine
Alternate or previous names Bill Johnson
Related records 10298866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.30674, 42.71537 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position 16 MI SOUTHEAST 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

Father Mountain(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Grassy Knob Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S;033S 014W;013W 13;18 E2 (13) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON ELK RIVER AT MOUTH OF SUNSHINE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE. PT REPORTEDLY EQUALS HALF AU BY WEIGHT; HOWEVER, PRESENCE OF PT HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL SAID TO RUN $0.75/YD IN AU AND PT (1939)

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) -124.30674, 42.71537
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 3.66M
    Depth to top 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS COMPOSED OF SLATES AND SANDSTONES OF MYRTLE FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sixes River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hatton, L. B. And D. I.
    First year 1939
  • Type Owner
    Owner Panter, W. A., M. E., W. R., Ruby; E. E. And Charles
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

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. 81.

  • 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 SEE ALSO: MRDS M025249.

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

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