Oregon Mining and Power Co.

The Oregon Mining and Power Co. is a gold mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,499 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

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Site Name

Primary: Oregon Mining and Power Co.
Secondary: Cracker Jack?

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: Oregon
County: Douglas

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

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

Analytical Data: FROM DAY AND RICHARDS $10.34/TON AU, $67.50/TON PT-CONVERTS TO 0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM) AU, 2.25 OZ/TON (77 PPM) PT - THIS WAS CONCENTRATED FROM HYDRAULIC SLUICE, 2 LB/YD.
Analytical Data: ASSAYS BY PULSIFER. 2.64 OZ AU, 0.23 OZ PT FROM 0.8 LB BLACK SAND-THIS CONVERTS TO 0.001 OZ/TON (34 PPB) AU, 0.0001 OZ/TON (3.4 PPB) PT

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS FINE IN BOTH SIZE AND PURITY

Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF COW CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS ADJACENT TO ROAD THAT RUNS ALONG COW CREEK IN SE/4 SEC. 28. TOPO MAP DOES NOT SHOW ANY PROSPECTS IN THE AREA

Comment (Production): THERE ARE NO PRODUCTION RECORDS BUT THE MINE IS SAID TO HAVE OPERATED

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS SERPENTINE

References

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 75, P. 41.

Reference (Deposit): PULSIFER, H.B., 1910, SAMPLING A PLATINUM GRAVEL: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, NO. 8, P. 18-19.

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 UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1210-1211.

Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 173.

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