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Blackwell 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 10033129
MRDS ID M015078
Record type Site
Current site name Blackwell Placer
Related records 10298260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52606, 44.88318 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Butte(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 035E 17 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH BAR LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS BRIGHT YELLOW
Result AND QUITE FINE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52606, 44.88318
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS HACKLY JOINTED ARGILLITE

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

  • FIRST WORKED 1845 - 1850'S; WORKED 1870 - 1890 BY CHINESE SINCE THEN ONLY SNIPED. LAST WORKED IN LATE 1930'S

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER WORKINGS ARE 300 FEET LONG WITH A 20 FOOT FACE. FIRST WORKED 1845 - 1850'S; WORKED 1870 - 1890 BY CHINESE SINCE THEN ONLY SNIPED. LAST WORKED IN LATE 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RIVER BED GRAVEL IS 50 TO 200 FT. WIDE AND 8 TO 12 FT. DEEP. HIGH BAR, 80 FT. ABOVE RIVER, IS 800 FT. LONG AND 200 FT. WIDE; DEPTH UNKNOWN.

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-JAN-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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