Rye Valley Placers

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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298311
MRDS ID M014470
MAS/MILS ID 0410010872
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Valley Placers
Alternate or previous names Dixie Creek Placers
Related records 10176669, 10032755

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.47852, 44.45656 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rye Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 043 E 05 SWSE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.47852, 44.45656

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rye Valley District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANN. REPT. 22, 1901, P. 769.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 76.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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