Idol City Placers

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Uranium
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 10249495
MRDS ID M054940
MAS/MILS ID 0410250129
Record type Site
Current site name Idol City Placers
Alternate or previous names Trout Creek Mining Co, Trout Creek Placers, Trout Creek Mining Co.
Related records 10040242, 10128326

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.89415, 43.77795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devine Ridge North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stinkingwater Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Harney-Malheur Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 S 032 E 04 NWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.89415, 43.77795

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, TABLE 26, P. 330.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 100.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-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.