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North Fork Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032972
MRDS ID M014801
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Mine
Alternate or previous names Klopp, Dadum, David West Placers
Related records 10249520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40716, 44.91263 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trout Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

North Fork John Day Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 007S 035E 34 E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS ABOUT 700 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40716, 44.91263
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS A PARTIALLY REWORKED TERMINAL MORAINE OF THE PLEISTOCENE NORTH FORK GLACIER. PARDEE AND HEWITT (1916) SUGGEST THAT GLACIER HAD DISRUPTED AN OLDER PLACER DEPOSIT WHICH WAS IN PART DERIVED FROM THE REWORKING OF YET OLDER BENCH GRAVELS AT CRANE FLATS AND TROUT MEADOWS. ; GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL BED IS COMPACT UNASSORTED MASS OF SANDY CLAY AND ROUNDED TO ANGULAR COBBLES AND BOULDERS; COVERS ONE SQUARE MILE, IN PLACES 60 FT. DEEP, DEPOSIT IS TERMINAL PORTION OF OLD DRIFT. LAYED DOWN BY NORTH FORK GLACIER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $350,000 IN GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • VOLUME OF GRAVEL WORKED IS AT LEAST 6,800,000 CUBIC YARDS. $350,000 IN GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 101 .

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. R., AND HEWETT, D. F., 1916 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUAD.: ORE. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1 , NO. 6 , P. 122

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS ( M014803 ), ( W017018 ) AND ( M014802 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE

Reporter information

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