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Camp Carson Placer

Producer in Union 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109350
MRDS ID M014709
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Carson Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30688, 45.01346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limber Jim Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Grande Ronde(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 036E 28 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SEE CARSON HILL PLACERS; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30688, 45.01346
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Carson

Comments on the production information

  • BEGINNING IN THE 1860'S. INTERMITTENT

Comments on the workings information

  • PARTLY CEMENTED TERTIARY GRAVELS AT UNCONFORNITY ON GRANODIORITE SURFACE. N-S TRACE 1/2 MILE. UNCONFORNITY SLOPES WEST 20-25 DEG. GRAVELS 15-20 FT THICK, WELL ROUNDED, COARSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORE. BULL 14-A, 1939, P. 110-111

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1901, AN RPT II, P. 676

  • Deposit

    VISIT BY R.G. WAYLAND ON AUG 29

  • Deposit

    TAUBENECK, 1957, GSA BULL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REACTIVATED ON JUNE 20, 1963-HYDRAULIC GIANT, SETTLING PONDS.

Reporter information

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

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