Anderson

The Anderson is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,152 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

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Site Name

Primary: Anderson
Secondary: Holiday
Secondary: Anderson and Wilson

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iridium
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Illinois River Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Barkman, O. V.
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: Bullpit, J. M.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PGE, MAINLY IR, HAVE PGE:AU=1:5. FROM DAY & RICHARDS ILLINOIS R. NEAR KERBY: $461.75/TON AU AND $323.10/TON PT RECALCULATED TO 0.8 OZ/TON (27 PPM) AU AND 0.4 OZ/TON (14 PPM) PT.

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M013266.

Comment (Commodity): AU IS VERY FINE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION MAY HAVE BEEN LARGE; IN 1916 MINE SAID TO AVERAGE $1,000 AU+PT EVERY 20 DAYS. PRODUCED FROM LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S.

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC AND DREDGE MINING; ABOUT 50 ACRES MINED; SOME RESERVES REMAIN

Comment (Geology): SOFT SERPENTINE BEDROCK

Comment (Location): ON BOTH SIDES OF ILLINOIS RIVER BELOW MOUTH OF JOSEPHINE CREEK

References

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1916, OREGON, GRANT COUNTY, COMPTON MINES CO.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 101, JUNE 24, P. 1135.

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. 122.

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. 1212-1213.

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

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