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North Fork Placers

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, PGE
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152624
MRDS ID M014937
MAS/MILS ID 0410230127
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Placers
Alternate or previous names North Fork Placer, Boulder Placer Claims
Related records 60000927

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.71796, 44.97545 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007 S 033 E 10 E2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.71796, 44.97545
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 39, 1948, P. 101.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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