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Whitney Placers

Occurrence in Baker 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032519
MRDS ID M014077
Record type Site
Current site name Whitney Placers
Alternate or previous names Sunshine Min. Co, Timms Gold Dredging Co.
Related records 10249498

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36355, 44.67013 (WGS84)

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 28,29,30 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE SOUTHERN PART, AND EXTENDING ALMOST ACROSS IT IS THE WHITNEY VALLEY WITH BURNT RIVER FLOWING THROUGH IT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36355, 44.67013
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPTH TO BEDROCK IS 7 TO 20 FEET. GRAVEL IS CLASSIFIED AS MEDIUM TO FINE; VERY LITTLE CLAY PRESENT. SEDIMENTARY BEDROCK IS TIGHT AND RATHER SOFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Comments on the production information

  • SUNSHINE MINING CO. DREDGE PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 4500 OZ AU IN THE PERIOD 1941 - 1946

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAVELS WERE PROSPECTED BY TEST PITS AND CHURN DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - A, P. 57 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey

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