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Marysville Placers

Past 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033033
MRDS ID M014907
Record type Site
Current site name Marysville Placers
Alternate or previous names John Day Placers, Becktell and Hall Placers, Marsville Mining Co., Quartz Gulch Placers
Related records 10201216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.918, 44.38318 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF CANYON CITY

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 014S 032E 06 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON LONG, WINDLESS, RICH AND QUARTZ GULCHES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result COARSE GOLD
Result ALSO MEDIUM SIZED GRAINS TO FINE
Result 900 FINE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.918, 44.38318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAVELS

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS SERPENTINE AND ALTERED GABBRO. ; GEOL.DESC: GRAVELS ARE BOULDER SIZE AND SMALLER WITH 2 - 6 FT. OF OVERBURDEN ON VIRGIN GROUND; BEDS PROBABLY FORMED IN BACK EDDY OF QUARTZ GULCH AT ITS CONFLUENCE WITH ANCIENT SOUTH FORK OF JOHN DAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Immanuel Mining

Comments on the production information

  • NOT AVAILABLE; ALL INVOLVED IN FIGURES OF CANYON DISTRICT PLACERS ( RECORD M016693 ).

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACERS WERE MINED BY HYDRAULLIC METHODS WITH 3 GIANTS. ALL INVOLVED IN FIGURES OF CANYON DISTRICT PLACERS ( RECORD M016693 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14 - B, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS (M01490) AND (M014910) HAVE 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
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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