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Divelbiss

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042974
MRDS ID M061366
Record type Site
Current site name Divelbiss
Alternate or previous names Coarse Gold
Related records 10274503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.13146, 42.7537 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barklow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(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)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
032S 012W 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL DEPOSIT WORKED ONLY FOR GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS GENERALLY LOW
Result ABUNDANT SULFIDES ASSAYED AS HIGH AS 0.28 OZ AU. 10.66% ZN
Result WHERE GALENA IS PRESENT FAIR SILVER ASSAYS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.13146, 42.7537
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Southwest Contact Zone Of Dike With Siltstone Of Galice Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1900

Mining district

District name Powers

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALDWIN, ETAL 1973

  • Deposit

    OMMH, 1940, V14C, V1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIFFICULTY WITH AMALGAMATION BECAUSE OF FE & MN OX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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