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Little Indian Creek

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Platinum, Palladium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039228
MRDS ID M046814
Record type Site
Current site name Little Indian Creek
Related records 10177317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78772, 44.35152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position 9 MI SOUTHEAST OF JOHN DAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 014S 033E 17,18 SE4 (18) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN MALHEUR NATIONAL FOREST NORTH OF STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT END OF ROAD SHOWN IN SW/4 SEC. 17 EAST OF WEST FORK LITTLE INDIAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD NOT MENTIONED AT THIS SITE

Analytical data

Result MAGNETIC FRACTION OF PANNED CONCENTRATE: 16 PPB PD
Result <10 PPB PT

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.78772, 44.35152
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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 Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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