Mine detail: Spanish Gulch Placers

Location:	Wheeler County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long:	44.46067, -119.77692
dep_id:	10109543
mrds_id:	M045465
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Trace mineral:	Chromium, Silver, Platinum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chromite, 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:	Blair, Will N., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type:	Gravel
tectonic:	Ochoco-Blue Mountains
References:	Deposit:: LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: LONDON, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, MONOGRAPHS MINERAL RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH EMPIRE, P. 49. Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1916, PT. 1, P. 11. Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 161. Deposit:: COLLIER, A.J., 1914, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JOHN DAY REGION: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V.1, NO. 3, P. 44. Deposit:: PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 232. Production:: COLLIER, 1914