The Sixes Beach Placer is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 400 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: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.85333, -124.46389
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Sixes Beach Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sixes Beach Placer
Secondary: Sixes Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Sixes River 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: W. P. Butler
Years: 1916 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT $0.015/TON, AU $0.23/TON (PT AS MUCH AS $0.12/TON AND AVERAGING 18% OF VALUE OF AU)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON EAST BORDER OF COASTAL PLAIN
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS FINE
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS PRESUMED ACCURATE WITHIN BEACH TERRACE. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC
Comment (Geology): SHORE IS CRUSHED SANDSTONE AND SHALE OF CRETACEOUS AGE
References
Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 127.
Reference (Analytical Data): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF THIS ANALYTICAL DATA (1989)
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. 87-88.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.
Reference (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.
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