Nelson Placers

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032564
MRDS ID	M014145
Record type	Site
Current site name	Nelson Placers
Related records	10273339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.96437, 44.7993 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wingville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	009S	039E	8		Oregon

Comments on the location information

SITUATED AT THE MOUTH OF SALMON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Terrace, pediment, and lag gravels	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

ALLUVIAL FAN GRAVELS ARE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE ELKHORN RIDGE ARGILLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Baker

Comments on the production information

REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $400,000

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M014145
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410010211

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 16 .
Deposit

LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON, USGS ANN. REPT. # 2, P.652

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JUN-1976	Lee, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-OCT-1979	Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.