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Elliot & Gold Nuggett Placers

Producer in Baker 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 10109336
MRDS ID M014189
Record type Site
Current site name Elliot & Gold Nuggett Placers
Related records 10177082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91047, 44.49458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Heel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(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)

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 012S 039E 26 W OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED MOUTH OF PINE CREEK ABOVE PRESENT HIGHWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD: RATHER COARSE, NO NUGGETS, WITH FINESS OF 850

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91047, 44.49458
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FALSE BEDROCK OF SANDY CLAY HARDPAN; TRUE BEDROCK (PROBABLY LAVA) HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED IN THIS LOCALITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold-Water Mining, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $15,000 IN BULLION SHIPPED IN 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) 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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