Malheur-Willow Creek

Occurrence in Malheur 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 10250866
MRDS ID W017019
MAS/MILS ID 0410450149
Record type Site
Current site name Malheur-Willow Creek
Related records 10072205

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.65102, 44.33316 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Valley East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014 S 042 E 23 E2E2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.65102, 44.33316

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MAP GMS-7, 1976.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAY-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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