| Deposit ID | 10042980 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061378 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sixes Beach Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Sixes Mine |
| Related records | 10250010 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -124.46508, 42.85314 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 122 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NORTHEAST OF PORT ORFORD CEDAR FOREST STATE WAYSIDE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Curry(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sixes(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Curry |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 031S | 015W | 27,34 | SW4 (27) | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Result | PT $0.015/TON, AU $0.23/TON (PT AS MUCH AS $0.12/TON AND AVERAGING 18% OF VALUE OF AU) |
|---|
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel | ||
| |||
| (1) | Sedimentary rocks of Dothan Formation and related rocks |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 2.9M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sixes River Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. P. Butler |
| First year | 1916 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.405HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061378 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410150145 |
UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF THIS ANALYTICAL DATA (1989)
DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 127.
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. 87-88.
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.
PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 205.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ON EAST BORDER OF COASTAL PLAIN |
| 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 |
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