Mine detail: Iowa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.11174, -124.37036

Resource(M)

Primary: Platinum, Gold
Secondary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Platinum
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1934

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:Coast Ranges

References

MRDSM013535
DEP10032221
Reference{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1934, BEACH PLACERS OF THE OREGON COAST: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 8, P. 40.}{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. 22.}{Deposit:: LIBBEY, F.W., 1963, LEST WE FORGET: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, ORE BIN, V. 25, NO. 6, P. 102-103.}
ReporterLee, W., Peterson, Jocelyn A.