Mine detail: Pioneer Mine

Previously called 'Lane Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.1948, -124.36425

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Iridium, Magnetite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1866

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:Coast Ranges

References

MRDSM013526
DEP10032215
Reference{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 1 , P. 25-26.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 179-180.}{Deposit:: LIBBEY, F.W., 1963, LEST WE FORGET: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, ORE BIN, V. 25, NO. 6, P. 98, 102-103.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1934, BEACH PLACERS OF THE OREGON COAST: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 8, P. 38.}
ReporterLee, W, Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.