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Boulder Placer Claim

Producer in Malheur 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033348
MRDS ID M015667
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Placer Claim
Alternate or previous names Pacific Placers, Basin Resources Mine
Related records 10250854

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59185, 44.39375 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 042E 32 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG BASIN CREEK TWO TO THREE MILES NORTH OF HUNTINGTON JUNCTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59185, 44.39375
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRAVEL DEPOSITS ARE ON BENCHES OVERLOOKING BASIN CREEK. THEY REPRESENT FORMER LEVELS OF THE CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jim Hope
  • Type Owner
    Owner John D Flack

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATES ON AVERAGE OF 35 OZ A WEEK DURING SINGLE SHIFT OPERATION OVER PAST TWO SEASONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-7

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1979 COMPIL ODGMI FILE

  • Production

    OPERATOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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