Durkee

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Tin, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038167
MRDS ID M045462
Record type Site
Current site name Durkee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46158, 44.50542 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 22 MI SOUTHEAST OF BAKER AND ABOUT 5 MI FROM DURKEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durkee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 043E 16 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY 0.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF RYE VALLEY ROAD NEAR DURKEE DEVELOPMENT CO. PROPERTY OR NEAR DURKEE GOLD RIDGE MINING CO. PROPERTY. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SOUTHERN TRIBUTARY TO FRENCH CREEK JUST BELOW GOLD RIDGE MINE, SOUTH OF DURKEE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM CONCENTRATE 6 LBS/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result PT=0.00066 OZ/TON (23 PPB), AU=0.0297 OZ/TON (1 PPM) CALCULATED FROM $204.63 AU AND $6.60 PT GIVEN IN DAY AND RICHARDS

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) -117.46158, 44.50542

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baker Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. L. Deerdorf
    First year 1933
  • Type Owner
    Owner Deerdorf And Graves
    First year 1933

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKINGS PRESUMED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK SANDS IN GRAVELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.