The Platerica Mine is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 42.05361, -123.63556
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Platerica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Platerica Mine
Secondary: Plataurica
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo 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: Grauer, R. M.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Patterson, A. D.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Platerica Mining Co.
Years: 1933 -
Owner Name: Leek, Walter
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Oldfield, C. N.
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Harrison, Charles
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
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
Type: L
Description: Conglomerate Is Jointed And Faulted
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF ALLEN GULCH. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON EAST SIDE OF GULCH NEAR ITS HEAD IN SW/4 SEC. 27.
Comment (Commodity): REPORTS THAT HEMATITE CONTAINS GOLD ARE NOT VERIFIED. UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM IN BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC MINING
Comment (Geology): GREENSTONE BEDROCK
Comment (Production): ORE DIRECTLY ABOVE BEDROCK SAID TO AVERAGE $0.025/YD
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M013263.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 211.
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAKILMA-WALDO DISTRICT, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 846-B, P. 185.
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