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Hindman Placer

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036636
MRDS ID M025518
Record type Site
Current site name Hindman Placer
Related records 10128012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31938, 44.69096 (WGS84)
Elevation 1334
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI NORTHEAST OF CLIFFORD; 3-5 MI NORTHWEST OF WHITNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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

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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 036E 08,17 S2 OF S2 (08) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT THE JUNCTION OF CAMP AND PINUS CREEKS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SHOWS TAILINGS ON PINUS CREEK ONLY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Epidote Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result FINENESS 919, ON HIGHER BENCH 970

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31938, 44.69096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD DERIVED IN PART FROM REWORKED BENCH GRAVELS. HIGHER BENCH GRAVELS ARE, AS A RULE, TOO POOR TO PAY FOR WASHING BUT CONTAIN SOME FLOUR GOLD. "RHYOLITE" BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 0.5 OZ PT WITH EACH CLEANUP

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 2 MI OF STREAM CHANNELS HEAVILY PLACERED

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1900, NO RECORDS SINCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 702-703

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO BENCHES ON PROPERTY. LOWER BENCH IS APPARENTLY THE HIGHER GRADE ONE; STREAM GRAVELS ARE DERIVED FROM THESE BENCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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