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Boulder Creek Placer

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032978
MRDS ID M014816
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Placer
Related records 10250072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40633, 44.82179 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(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

Wallowa-Whitman 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 008S 035E 34 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOULDER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40633, 44.82179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AVERAGE DEPTH TO BEDROCK IS 10 FT. MOST OF GRAVEL IS MEDIUM AND FINE; A FEW BOULDERS 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER. LITTLE OR NO CLAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glen I Nazer

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE 1,750,000 YARDS OF GRAVEL. NO DATA ON VALUE PER YARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 43

Reporter information

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