Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStream Placer
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formSTREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Ore controlStream Hydraulics
Geology
Host rockGravel
Associated rockSerpentinite
StructureNormal Faults
Tectonic settingOchoco-Blue Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10038171
MRDS IDM045467
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.78374, -118.31411
References
PARDEE, J.T., 1909, PLACER GRAVELS OF SUMPTER AND GRANITE DISTRICTS, OREGON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1909: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 430, P. 60, 62.OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 51.PARDEE, J.T., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1, NO. 6, P. 127.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. 114-115.