Gold Creek Pit and Plant

Producer in Polk county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10275298
MRDS ID OR03478
MAS/MILS ID 0410530030
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Pit and Plant
Related records 10051716

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.54621, 45.0262 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand Ronde(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yamhill River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yamhill(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Polk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 007 W N2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 4.5 MILES S. W. OF THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 22 AND 18 ON GOLD CREEK ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Alluvial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. S. Burch Co.
    ID 3502999
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hampton Resources, Inc.
    ID 3502999
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 27-0002

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/26/1984
MSHA mine ID3502999
Mine name (MSHA)Gold Creek Pit & Plant
Current operatorR S Burch Company
Current controller (parent)Mc Gill Robert L
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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