The Stevens Placer is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,749 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 1,749 Feet (533 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.20639, -123.91194
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Stevens Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stevens Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream 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: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MADSTONE PLACER, 2 MI UPSTREAM FROM STEVENS PLACER, ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE PT. NOT ENTERED AS A SEPARATE MRDS RECORD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN KALMIOPSIS NATIONAL FOREST. ON CHETCO RIVER
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT
Comment (Production): PROSPECTING WITH A SMALL POWER DREDGE IN 1968 SAID TO HAVE RESULTED IN A FEW POUNDS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING PGE.
Comment (Workings): SMALL POWER DREDGE IN 1968
References
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, P. 51, TABLE 7.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 88, P. 40.
Oregon Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Oregon" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Oregon. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Oregon.
