The Pioneer Mine is a gold mine located in Coos county, Oregon at an elevation of 210 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 210 Feet (64 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.195, -124.36306
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Pioneer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioneer Mine
Secondary: Lane Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Coos
District: Beach Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Alex H. Smith
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Western Consolidated Mining Corp.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1866
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Oregon Coast Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BLACK SANDS AVERAGE 3% MAGNETITE, 55% CHROMITE + ILMENITE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Iridium
Comments
Comment (Location): ON CUT CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Commodity): PT WITH MINOR IR AND RU FOUND IN SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF PGE ALLOY RECOVERED IN SLUICING
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PAY STREAK IS LAYERED BLACK SAND 3 FT OR MORE THICK.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE HAS A HISTORY OF NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO SET UP A PAYING OPERATION. BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE OVERBURDEN, AVERAGING MORE THAN 50 FT, AND VARIOUS OTHER CAUSES, ONLY THE EARLIER OPERATION WAS PROFITABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS OVER 19.51 ACRES
Comment (Deposit): ANCIENT BEACH TERRACE
Comment (Workings): 3 CAVED TUNNELS, THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS 1,340 FT.
References
Reference (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. 25-26.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 179-180.
Reference (Deposit): LIBBEY, F.W., 1963, LEST WE FORGET: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, ORE BIN, V. 25, NO. 6, P. 98, 102-103.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1934, BEACH PLACERS OF THE OREGON COAST: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 8, P. 38.
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