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Oro Fino Placer

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033397
MRDS ID M015736
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino Placer
Related records 10298659

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47522, 44.75068 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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

Wallowa-Whitman 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 035E 27 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLD GRAVELS DEPOSITIONAL ONTO MINERALIZED TERTIARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamo

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lon Chriss
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 20 ACRES MINED PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1982, ODGMI MAPPING IN PROGRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ORO FINO FOR DESCRIPTION OF TERTIARY MINERALIZATION ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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