Oregon Dredging Company

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032686
MRDS ID M014351
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Dredging Company
Related records 10200382

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69074, 44.49014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 012S 041E 27 SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69074, 44.49014

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED $500,000 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1926 AND 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6437.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGED GROUND RUNS FROM THE MOUTH OF CLARKS CREEK TO THE SITE OF CLARKSVILLE. ESTIMATED $500,000 PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1926 AND 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P.80

  • Production

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.