The Durkee is a gold mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.50556, -117.46056
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Durkee MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Durkee
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Baker 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: Deerdorf And Graves
Years: 1933 -
Owner Name: C. L. Deerdorf
Years: 1933 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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: Payette 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: PT=0.00066 OZ/TON (23 PPB), AU=0.0297 OZ/TON (1 PPM) CALCULATED FROM $204.63 AU AND $6.60 PT GIVEN IN DAY AND RICHARDS
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Comments
Comment (Location): POSSIBLY 0.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF RYE VALLEY ROAD NEAR DURKEE DEVELOPMENT CO. PROPERTY OR NEAR DURKEE GOLD RIDGE MINING CO. PROPERTY. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SOUTHERN TRIBUTARY TO FRENCH CREEK JUST BELOW GOLD RIDGE MINE, SOUTH OF DURKEE
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM CONCENTRATE 6 LBS/TON
Comment (Deposit): BLACK SANDS IN GRAVELS
Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS PRESUMED
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--EAST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-A, P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1912, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1911, PT. 1, P. 997
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1206-1207.
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