Cave Creek Placer

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10036637
MRDS ID	M025519
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cave Creek Placer
Related records	10152595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.57435, 44.53153 (WGS84)
Elevation	1280

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lost Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	012S	042E	9		Oregon

Comments on the location information

ABOUT 2100 ACRES OF DEEDED LAND UNDER LEASE

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.57435, 44.53153	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Lower Burnt River

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner D And S Metals

Home office Couer D'Alene, Id.

First year 1981

Type	Operator
Owner	D And S Metals
Home office	Couer D'Alene, Id.
First year	1981

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M025519
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410010869

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ODGMI UNPUB. FILE NOTES, BAKER FIELD OFFICE, BAKER, OR

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-FEB-1982	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
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

Beyond USGS

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