Carson Hill Placers

Occurrence in Union 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10177788
MRDS ID M014708
MAS/MILS ID 0410610008
Record type Site
Current site name Carson Hill Placers
Alternate or previous names Camp Carson Placers, Blue Channel
Related records 10032905

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.38385, 45.01425 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fly Valley(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 006 S 036 E 28 E2E2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.38385, 45.01425

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 112

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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