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French Diggings Placer

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. 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 10032983
MRDS ID M014821
Record type Site
Current site name French Diggings Placer
Alternate or previous names Currey Mine, Klondike
Related records 10225363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.45827, 44.92985 (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 036E 20 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD OCCURS AS SMALL, FLAT, SMOOTH PARTICLES ( WORTH$17 OR MORE PER OUNCE - 1940 )
Result DEPOSITS ARE SAID TO BE WORKED AT A MODERATE PROFIT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.45827, 44.92985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD CONFINED TO A 3 - FOOT LAYER OF GRAVEL RESTING ON GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trail Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PARDEE AND HEWITT (1914) ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE NOT LESS THAN $387,000. EARLY PRODUCTION IS REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1940.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE SAID TO BE ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION YARDS OF VIRGIN GROUND, AVERAGING $.26 PER YARD ( 1940 ).

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERED IN 'EARLY DAYS' AND HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED. PARDEE AND HEWITT (1914) ESTIMATE TOTAL PRODUCTION TO BE NOT LESS THAN $387,000. EARLY PRODUCTION IS REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS. NO PRODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 100

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M014820 ) HAS BEEN MERGED INTO THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 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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