Goose Creek Placers

Past Producer in Baker 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128160
MRDS ID M015693
MAS/MILS ID 0410010668
Record type Site
Current site name Goose Creek Placers
Related records 10033365

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.43212, 44.97426 (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

Balm Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007 S 043 E 10 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Columbia River Basalt Group and related flows

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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