Divelbiss #2

Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Mercury
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109745
MRDS ID M061795
Record type Site
Current site name Divelbiss #2
Related records 10128601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.39286, 42.80731 (WGS84)
Elevation 23
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

  • IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. LEFT BANK OF SIXES RIVER, 2 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF EDSON CREEK AND 0.75 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF DRY CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SAND BAR OPPOSITE MOUTH OF LITTLE DRY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Iridosmine Ore
Magnetite Ore
Platinum Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.384 G PT FROM 22.87 G BLACK-SAND CONCENTRATE (IDENTIFIED VISUALLY), (0.0168% OF SAMPLE)
Result ALSO 0.26 PPB AU (1967)

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) -124.39286, 42.80731

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK OF CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS ESTIMATED THAT PT IS 10% OF VALUES TAKEN FROM PROPERTY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 121.41HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED AREA COVERS ONLY 1 ACRE, REST ARE JUST HOLDINGS. HYDRAULIC MINING OF 3 CHANNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BOGGS, SAM, JR., AND BALDWIN, E.M., 1970, DISTRIBUTION OF PLACER GOLD IN THE SIXES RIVER, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON - A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1312-I, P. 1-27.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 182.

  • 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. 205-206.

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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