The Robert E. Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,402 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
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 42.2575, -123.84500
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Robert E. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Robert E. Mine
Secondary: Miller Mine
Secondary: Peck Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Upper Chetco
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON MILLER CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Geology): WORKINGS ON FAULTED CONTACT BETWEEN SERPENTINE AND GREENSTONE
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. SEE PECK MINE (M060597). CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION EXISTS OVER NAME OF PROPERTY. PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY SHENON (1933) AS THE ROBERT E. IS NOW KNOWN AS THE PECK MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 250 FOOT ADIT AND AN OLD GROUND-SLUICED PIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 41
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 88, P. 34
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 195
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBERTSON, HUMDINGER AND ROBERT E. GOLD MINES, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 830-B, P. 52
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, 1982, MAP NO. 13.
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