Mine detail: Anderson

Previously called 'HolidayAnderson and Wilson'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.26315, -123.69088

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iridium, Platinum
Ore: Gold, Magnetite
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Discovery year: 1865

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terranes

References

MRDSM060562
DEP10042673
Reference{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 122.}{Deposit:: DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1212-1213.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1916, OREGON, GRANT COUNTY, COMPTON MINES CO.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 101, JUNE 24, P. 1135.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.