Sixes Beach Placer

The Sixes Beach Placer is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 400 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: Sixes Beach Placer
Secondary: Sixes Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Sixes River 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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: W. P. Butler
Years: 1916 -

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

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: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PT $0.015/TON, AU $0.23/TON (PT AS MUCH AS $0.12/TON AND AVERAGING 18% OF VALUE OF AU)

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ON EAST BORDER OF COASTAL PLAIN

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS FINE

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS PRESUMED ACCURATE WITHIN BEACH TERRACE. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC

Comment (Geology): SHORE IS CRUSHED SANDSTONE AND SHALE OF CRETACEOUS AGE

References

Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J.S., 1914, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 546, P. 127.

Reference (Analytical Data): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF THIS ANALYTICAL DATA (1989)

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. 87-88.

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.

Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 205.

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