Rock & Birch Creek Placers

Past Producer in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153763
MRDS ID OR07680
MAS/MILS ID 0410690015
Record type Site
Current site name Rock & Birch Creek Placers
Related records 10099267

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.69188, 44.51344 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picture Gorge West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monument(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 025 E 23 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.69188, 44.51344

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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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