Placer Tailings

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032900
MRDS ID M014702
Record type Site
Current site name Placer Tailings
Related records 10201643

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28355, 45.04513 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limber Jim Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Grande Ronde(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 036E 15 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28355, 45.04513

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: USGS 22D ANN. RPT., PT. S, P. 676-677.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 110-113.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OLD PLACER WORKINGS ARE MAINLY IN THE BED OF THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER. OPERATIONS WERE INTERMITTENT. PRODUCTION RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. HAND AND HYDRAULIC METHODS WERE USED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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