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Canyon City Placers

Producer in Grant 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 10033014
MRDS ID M014874
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon City Placers
Alternate or previous names Includes Humboldt Diggings, Allen Property, Tracy Placer, John Long Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.95023, 44.39374 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S;014S 031E;031E 35;01,02 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • AT CANYON CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.95023, 44.39374
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GULCH PLACERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN ARE BELIEVED TO BE DERIVED FROM REWORKED OLDER GRAVEL DEPOSITS. ; GEOL.DESC: SEDIMENTS ARE CEMENTED STREAM GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Comments on the workings information

  • A STRIP OF GROUND HALF A MILE LONG AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE WAS WORKED IN EARLY DAYS. IN 1941, A 200 FOOT TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN IN THE CONSOLIDATED GRAVELS WITH NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 19 .

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPORT NO. 22, P.717

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M014877) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey

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