Mine detail: Oregon Mining and Power Co.

Previously called 'Cracker Jack?'

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Location: Douglas County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.75593, -123.52783
dep_id: 10042959
mrds_id: M061329
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
References:
  • Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 75, P. 41.
  • Deposit:: PULSIFER, H.B., 1910, SAMPLING A PLATINUM GRAVEL: SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, NO. 8, P. 18-19.
  • 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 UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1210-1211.
  • Deposit:: PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 173.
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