Jay Gould

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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224934
MAS/MILS ID 0410010418
Record type Site
Current site name Jay Gould

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.97354, 44.79346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wingville(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 009 S 039 E 07 SESESE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCAT: 5MI FROM BAKER ON HWY30 TO POCAHONTAS RD., 6MI W. ON POCAHONTAS RD. TO SALMON CREEK RD.; 2MI ON SALMON CREEK RD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.97354, 44.79346

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elkhorn Mining And Mierals
    ID 3503072
    Home office Montana
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/27/1981
MSHA mine ID3503072
Mine name (MSHA)Jay Gould Mine
Current operatorElkhorn Mining & Minerals Corp
Current controller (parent)Hand Claude
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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