The Tincup Peak is a rhodium, gold, palladium, platinum, cobalt, copper, and nickel mine located in Josephine 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: Rhodium, Gold, Palladium, Platinum, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
Lat, Long: 42.31167, -123.91306
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Tincup Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tincup Peak
Commodity
Primary: Rhodium
Primary: Gold
Primary: Palladium
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
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
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: Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN, PROBABLY DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Lenticular Fault-Bounded Blocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PD=53.3 PPB IN GABBRO, 40.7 PPB IN CLINOPYROXENITE, 22.2 PPB IN OLIVINE-RICH ROCKS. OTHER ANALYSIS YIELDED 0.05% NI, 0.28% CU, 130 PPB PT, 360 PPB PD, 2 PPB RH, 270 PPB AU
Analytical Data: SEVERAL PGE ANALYSES WITH AVERAGES OF PT=52.2 PPB IN GABBRO, 24.8 PPB IN CLINOPYROXENITE, 44.9 PPB IN OLIVINE-RICH ROCKS
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SIMILAR TO ALASKA TYPE CLINOPYROXENE-RICH ULTRAMAFIC TO MAFIC INTRUSIONS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M061816.
Comment (Location): IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SUMMIT OF PEAK DIRECTLY EAST OF TINCUP PEAK, APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE INTRUSIVE COMPLEX
Comment (Development): NO REAL EXPLORATION, DISCOVERED DURING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): CUMULATE ROCKS ARE CUT BY HORNBLENDE GABBRO. COMPLEX HAS BEEN DATED AT 154-163 MA
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, 1988, WRITTEN COMMUN.
Reference (Deposit): GRAY, FLOYD, PAGE, N.J, CARLSON, C.A., WILSON, S.A., AND CARLSON, R.R., 1986, PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF ZONED ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVE SUITES, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 81, P. 1252-1260.
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