The H.E. Peeples, Robert Brown is a platinum mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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H.E. Peeples, Robert Brown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: H.E. Peeples, Robert Brown
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OWNERS STATED VALUES FROM $700-10,000/TON IN PLATINUM (WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WISHFUL THINKING)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AREA. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF THE FOUR TOWNSHIPS. LOCATION IN REFERENCE ONLY STATES CLAIMS LIE WITHIN WILDERNESS AREA
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM
Comment (Development): W.J. PRICE STAKED THREE CLAIMS IN 1965 FOR PEEPLES AND BROWN
Comment (Deposit): NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION GIVEN. IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE DEPOSIT, IF IT EXISTS, IS A PLACER DEPOSIT
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE CLAIMS REPRESENT PLACERS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, 1966, MINING NOTES: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL V. 35, NO. 9, P. 27
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