North Fork Placers

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000927
MRDS ID M014937
Record type District
Current site name North Fork Placers
Alternate or previous names Davis, Gulliford, Oriental, Calhoun and Howell, Reynolds, Rock Bar
Related records 10152624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.73296, 44.97425 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position PROPERTY EMBRACES THE NORTH FORK OF THE JOHN DAY RIVER FROM SEC. 33, T. 6 S., R. 32 E. UPSTREAM TO JUST BELOW MOUTH OF GRANITE CREEK IN T. 8 S., R. 34 E. LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG RIVER AT BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECS. 10 AND 11.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = KELSAY BUTTE 1:24000, ACC URATE ALONG PLACERED PART OF RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelsay Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla 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 Grant

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.73296, 44.97425

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner RALPH DAVIS, INC.
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 101-102.

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1947, NORTH FORK PLACERS: CALHOUN AND HOWELL OPERATION (AU): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 2, NO. 4, P. 163-164.

Beyond USGS

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