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H.E. Peeples, Robert Brown

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodity Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032848
MRDS ID M014622
Record type Site
Current site name H.E. Peeples, Robert Brown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38436, 45.16653 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Imated Within Wilderness Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wallowa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 004S;005S 043E;044E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AREA. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF THE FOUR TOWNSHIPS. LOCATION IN REFERENCE ONLY STATES CLAIMS LIE WITHIN WILDERNESS AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PLATINUM

Analytical data

Result OWNERS STATED VALUES FROM $700-10,000/TON IN PLATINUM (WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WISHFUL THINKING)

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38436, 45.16653
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE CLAIMS REPRESENT PLACERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on development

  • W.J. PRICE STAKED THREE CLAIMS IN 1965 FOR PEEPLES AND BROWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, 1966, MINING NOTES: CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL V. 35, NO. 9, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION GIVEN. IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE DEPOSIT, IF IT EXISTS, IS A PLACER DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-76 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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