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St. Marie 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033017
MRDS ID M014883
Record type Site
Current site name St. Marie Placers
Related records 10201317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.93606, 44.36624 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 031E 11 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG HIGHWAY ON CANYON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS 875 FINE
Result THE GRAVEL IS SAID TO AVERAGE FROM $.10 TO $.40 A YARD. ( 1938 )

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.93606, 44.36624
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS SERPENTINE AND GABBRO. BOULDERS ARE UP TO 6 FT. IN DIAMETER; AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE FOOT. LARGE AMOUNT OF SANDY SOIL AND FINE GRAVEL BUT NO CLAY. GOLD IS USUALLY MIXED THROUGH THE GRAVEL, BUT RUNS HIGHER ON BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1860'S.

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Sproul

Comments on the production information

  • $9,000 RECOVERED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A PIT 200 FT LONG, 40 FEET WIDE WITH A 40 FOOT FACE. $9,000 RECOVERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 37

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
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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