Corbin

Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium
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 10043232
MRDS ID M061794
Record type Site
Current site name Corbin
Related records 10298224

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.3948, 42.80453 (WGS84)
Elevation 24
Relative position 5 MI EAST OF SIXES

Site location context

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)

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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032S 014W 08 W4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • RIGHT BANK OF SIXES RIVER 1 MI ABOVE DRY CREEK, OPPOSITE DIVELBISS. LOCATION GIVEN IS END OF ROAD NORTH OF MOUTH OF LITTLE DRY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIEDED REPORT OF PT AND OS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iridosmine Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.176 G AU, TR IR REPORTED IN 44 OZ SAND CONCENTRATE

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sixes River Area (Powers Area)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Corbin, W. O.
    First year 1902

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., 1902, TOPOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 196, P. 51.

  • 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. 82.

  • Deposit

    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. 73.

  • 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.

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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