The Parker Electromagnetic Machine Project is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Parker Electromagnetic Machine Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Parker Electromagnetic Machine Project
Secondary: Ophir
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Lobster Creek 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: Parker Methods, Inc.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BEACH DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $378.26/TON AU
Analytical Data: $1022.10/TON PT FROM 2.5 LBS/TON CONC? (RECALCULATED AT $20/OZ, $30/OZ, RESPECTIVELY, TO 19 OZ/TON AU, 34 OZ/TON PT PER TON OF CONC.) = 0.02 OZ/TON (686 PPB) AU, 0.04 OZ/TON (1.4 PPM) PT. ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 12.4% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AT NORTH END OF OPHIR BEACH. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF EUCHRE CREEK
Comment (Development): PARKER ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE PROJECT WAS A 1940 TEST FOR EXCAVATING AND CONCENTRATING UNDER WATER
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 1, P. 69-70.
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. 1210-1211.
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, TABLE 7.
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