Grande Ronde Mines

Past Producer in Union 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183118
MRDS ID M014707
MAS/MILS ID 0410610007
Record type Site
Current site name Grande Ronde Mines
Alternate or previous names Golden Gate, Sunset, Aurelia
Related records 10032904

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.26745, 45.01315 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limber Jim Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Grande Ronde(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 036 E 26 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.26745, 45.01315

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 111

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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