Peck Mine

The Peck Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon.

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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: Peck Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Bacon, Robert E.?

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

Year: 1953
Time Period: 1919-1953
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 0.3 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1919-1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.2 Oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): 2000 FEET ON FOUR LEVELS. PRODUCTION BOTH THAT OF PECK & NEARBY ROBERT E.

Comment (Location): ON BABYFOOT CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION BOTH THAT OF PECK & NEARBY ROBERT E.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013777) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION EXISTS OVER NAME OF PROPERTY. CURRENT ROBERT E. MINE IS NOT THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY SHENON (1933)

References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 61

Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P.J., 1933, GEOLOGY OF THE ROBERTSON, HUMDINGER AND ROBERT E. GOLD MINES, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 830-B, P. 51

Reference (Production): USBM

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P. 41

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 195

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