Spanish Gulch Placers

Producer in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum, Chromium
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 10109543
MRDS ID M045465
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Gulch Placers
Alternate or previous names Fisher, Garrison, Kelsey, Mattock, Spanish Peak Mining Co.
Related records 10299005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77692, 44.46067 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAYVILLE, ABOUT 2 MI SOUTHEAST OF ANTONE, Est Estimated Within Section, Est Estimated Within Section, Est Estimated Within Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S}013S 024E}025E 12}06,07 NE4 (06) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON UPPER PART OF SPANISH AND MULE GULCHES. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SPANISH GULCH WHERE A TRIBUTARY ENTERS IT IN NE CORNER SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore

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) -119.77692, 44.46067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD WAS DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS. BEDROCK OF GREENSTONE, ARGILLITE, AND SERPENTINE WITH DIKES AND MASSES OF GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spanish Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milo Frank
    Home office Dayville, Or.
    First year 1971

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS $100,000 PRIOR TO 1914.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS ONLY ARE PRESUMED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: LONDON, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, MONOGRAPHS MINERAL RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH EMPIRE, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1916, PT. 1, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 161.

  • Deposit

    COLLIER, A.J., 1914, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JOHN DAY REGION: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V.1, NO. 3, P. 44.

  • 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. 232.

  • Production

    COLLIER, 1914

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-80 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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