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Boulder Creek Placer

Occurrence in Union 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032953
MRDS ID M014774
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Related records 10274682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63243, 45.31153 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fanny(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003S 041E 12 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result EIGHT PANNED SAMPLES CONTAINED NO GOLD AND ONLY A TRACE OF BLACK SANDS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63243, 45.31153
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINOR AMOUNTS OF PREDOMINANTLY BASALTIC GRAVEL HAS ACCUMULATED BEHIND BOULDERS IN STREAM CHANNELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer L. A. Smith, Et Al

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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