Cave Creek Placer

Prospect in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152595
MRDS ID M025519
MAS/MILS ID 0410010869
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Creek Placer
Related records 10036637

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.57432, 44.53156 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 012 S 042 E 09 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.57432, 44.53156

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI FILES (BAKER, OR)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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