Basin Creek Site

Past Producer in Malheur 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201694
MRDS ID W016703
MAS/MILS ID 0410450154
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Creek Site
Alternate or previous names Mormon Basin, Basin Creek, Willow Creek, Clark Creek, Cottonwood Creek
Related records 10072177, 10176596

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.59742, 44.38346 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014 S 042 E 05 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.59742, 44.38346

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 124.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAY-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references