Platerica Mine

The Platerica Mine is a gold mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,801 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: 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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