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Johnson Gulch Placer

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032689
MRDS ID M014354
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Gulch Placer
Related records 10249999

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.74019, 44.4668 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 041E 6 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER OF SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

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 > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.74019, 44.4668
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKE AND STREAM SILT, SAND AND GRAVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD PRODUCED ACCORDING TO LOCAL HISTORIANS; DATES UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED AREA IS ABOUT 500 FT IN DIAMETER SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD PRODUCED ACCORDING TO LOCAL HISTORIANS; DATES UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON ODGMI FIELD NOTES BY HOWARD C. BROOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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