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Placers of Lower Burnt River

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032795
MRDS ID M014532
Record type Site
Current site name Placers of Lower Burnt River
Alternate or previous names Includes Placers Near Weatherby, Dixie, And the Mouth of Dixie Creek
Related records 10127399, 10297869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33351, 44.46986 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime(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 044E 29 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • THIS RECORD APPLIES TO PLACERS ALONG BURNT RIVER BETWEEN DURKEE VALLEY AND SNAKE RIVER BELOW HUNTINGTON. INCLUDED ARE PLACERS NEAR WEATHERBY, DIXIE AND THE MOUTH OF DIXIE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver 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) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTS OF THE RIVER BED AND SMALL PATCHES OF BENCH GRAVEL EXTENDING UP TO 200 FEET ABOVE PRESENT RIVER LEVEL HAVE BEEN WORKED. BAR PLACERS WERE PRACTICALLY EXHAUSTED BY 1900; SMALL DREDGE OPERATING NEAR WEATHERBY IN 1900 (LINDGREN, 1901)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, PART 2, P. 766-767.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1939, WEATHERBY PLACERS: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS M014531, M014534, M014535, M014527, M014533 COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 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

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