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Jim White Ridge 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032957
MRDS ID M014779
Record type Site
Current site name Jim White Ridge Placer
Related records 10275116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58436, 45.29153 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jim White Ridge(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 042E 17 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalts
    Rock description Columbia River Basalts
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith Granodiorite
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith Granodiorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS WALLOWA BATHOLITH GRANODIORITE. CAPPED BY COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT. ; GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK IS GRANODIORITE OF WALLOWA BATHOLITH. ABUNDANCE OF WELL-ROUNDED BOULDERS OF QUARTZITE AND NEAR ABSENCE OF ROUNDED PEBBLES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A WATER-WASHED CUT 600 FEET LONG, 100 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET DEEP.

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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