Divelbiss #2

The Divelbiss #2 is a gold mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 75 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: Divelbiss #2

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Sixes River Area

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream 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: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ALSO 0.26 PPB AU (1967)
Analytical Data: 0.384 G PT FROM 22.87 G BLACK-SAND CONCENTRATE (IDENTIFIED VISUALLY), (0.0168% OF SAMPLE)

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Iridosmine
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Zircon

Comments

Comment (Workings): MINED AREA COVERS ONLY 1 ACRE, REST ARE JUST HOLDINGS. HYDRAULIC MINING OF 3 CHANNELS

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK OF CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Comment (Production): IT IS ESTIMATED THAT PT IS 10% OF VALUES TAKEN FROM PROPERTY

Comment (Location): IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. LEFT BANK OF SIXES RIVER, 2 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF EDSON CREEK AND 0.75 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF DRY CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SAND BAR OPPOSITE MOUTH OF LITTLE DRY CREEK

References

Reference (Deposit): DILLER, J.S., 1902, TOPOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 196, P. 51.

Reference (Deposit): BOGGS, SAM, JR., AND BALDWIN, E.M., 1970, DISTRIBUTION OF PLACER GOLD IN THE SIXES RIVER, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON - A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1312-I, P. 1-27.

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 182.

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. 205-206.

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