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Vincent Creek Placers

Past Producer in Grant 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032967
MRDS ID M014795
Record type Site
Current site name Vincent Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Member of Greenhorn Placers
Related records 10273852

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53633, 44.64985 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vinegar Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 035E 31 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS SAID TO RUN AS HIGH AS $0.75 PER YARD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53633, 44.64985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL AVERAGES 8 FT. IN DEPTH; BOULDERS ARE NUMEROUS BUT LESS THAN 1 FT. IN DIAMETER. BEDROCK IS GREENSTONE AND BANDED CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD.

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF CREEK HAS BEEN TESTED OR PLACERED AT SOME TIME OR OTHER. NO RECORD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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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