Olson's Placer

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033368
MRDS ID M015696
Record type Site
Current site name Olson's Placer
Related records 10176616

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11351, 44.63514 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sturgill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 046E 5 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11351, 44.63514

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connor Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Swede Olson

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL GROUND SLUICING OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE MINERAL QUADRANGLE: ODGMI MAP, GMS-12

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.