Mine detail: Pioneer Mine

Previously called 'Lane Mine'

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Location: Coos County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.1948, -124.36425
dep_id: 10032215
mrds_id: M013526
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Iridium, Magnetite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
ore_ctrl: Wave Action
Reporter: Lee, W, Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
tectonic: Coast Ranges
disc_yr: 1866
discr: A. H. Hinch And John Dame
References:
  • 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.
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