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Oregon Gulch Placer

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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033100
MRDS ID M015028
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Gulch Placer
Related records 10225821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.61356, 44.87068 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olive Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

North Fork John Day Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 034E 15 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GRAVEL IS SAID TO RUN 50? PER YARD ( 1940 ). GOLD IS COARSE, FLATTENED AND ROUNDED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.61356, 44.87068
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK CONSISTS OF OLD SCHISTS, ARGILLITE HORNFELS AND CHERTS, CUT BY NUMEROUS BULL QUARTZ AND CALCITE STRINGERS AND VEINLETS; FRACTURES IN ROCK PLATED WITH MARACASITE AND CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $500 IN GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 104

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 PLACER AND 1 QUARTZ CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 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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