Lower Burnt River Placers

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10127399
MRDS ID M014532
MAS/MILS ID 0410010878
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Burnt River Placers
Alternate or previous names Weatherby Placers
Related records 10032795, 10297869

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.33351, 44.46986 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 044 E 29 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANN. REPT. 22, 1906, P. 766-767.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI FILES (BAKER, OR)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-APR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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