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Barton Placer

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032545
MRDS ID M014121
Record type Site
Current site name Barton Placer
Alternate or previous names Miners Creek Placers
Related records 10127446

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07048, 44.72207 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phillips Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 038E 4 W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2 ; ON MINERS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE AND APPARENTLY OF LOCAL ORIGIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07048, 44.72207
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REWORKED GRAVELS OF AN OLDER EROSION PERIOD WHOSE GOLD HAS BEEN SHIFTED SEVERAL TIMES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Powder River Area

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA WAS WORKED BY THE EARLY (1862) SETTLERS AT MIN ERSVILLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. R., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1916 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUAD.: ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1 , NO. 6 , P. 69 , MAP IN POCKET

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND. ANN. REPT-PART 2, P. 654

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE DATA AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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