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Mormon Basin Placer

Producer in Malheur 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033349
MRDS ID M015668
Record type Site
Current site name Mormon Basin Placer
Alternate or previous names Colt Placers
Related records 10177883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5888, 44.42292 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013S 042E 16 SW OF SW OF SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5888, 44.42292
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE GOLD IS ABOVE A FALSE BEDROCK OF CLAY AND HIGHLY MICACEOUS GRANITIC DEBRIS. WORKABLE DEPTH IS GENERALLY ABOUT 8 FEET. VALUES ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY CONCENTRATED ON THE FALSE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Max Lattig
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lloyd Dinger

Comments on the production information

  • LATEST OPERATION BEGAN IN FALL 1979. EQUIPMENT INCLUDES DRAGLINE, TROMMEL SCREEN, PAN AMERICAN JIGS, AND SLUICE. CAPACITY, 200 YARDS PER HOUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A P. 76.

  • Deposit

    WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON; UNIV. OF OREGON PHD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    1939 COMPIL ODGMI, REFERENCE 1.

  • Deposit

    1979 COMPIL ODGMI, FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRAVEL DEPOSITS COVER ABOUT 160 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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