Spanish Gulch Placers

The Spanish Gulch Placers is a gold mine located in Wheeler county, Oregon.

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: Spanish Gulch Placers
Secondary: Fisher
Secondary: Garrison
Secondary: Kelsey
Secondary: Mattock
Secondary: Spanish Peak Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Oregon
County: Wheeler
District: Spanish Gulch District

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: Milo Frank
Home Office: Dayville, Or.
Years: 1971 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau

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

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKINGS ONLY ARE PRESUMED

Comment (Location): ON UPPER PART OF SPANISH AND MULE GULCHES. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SPANISH GULCH WHERE A TRIBUTARY ENTERS IT IN NE CORNER SEC. 12

Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Comment (Production): POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS $100,000 PRIOR TO 1914.

Comment (Geology): GOLD WAS DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS. BEDROCK OF GREENSTONE, ARGILLITE, AND SERPENTINE WITH DIKES AND MASSES OF GRANODIORITE

References

Reference (Production): COLLIER, 1914

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. 232.

Reference (Deposit): COLLIER, A.J., 1914, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JOHN DAY REGION: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V.1, NO. 3, P. 44.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1916, PT. 1, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: LONDON, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, MONOGRAPHS MINERAL RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH EMPIRE, P. 49.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 161.

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