Boulder Placer Claim

Unknown 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250854
MRDS ID M015667
MAS/MILS ID 0410450096
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Placer Claim
Alternate or previous names Basin Resources Mine, Pacific Placers
Related records 10033348

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.59182, 44.39376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(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 013 S 042 E 32 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN MILES NORTHWEST OF BROGAN, OR. ON THE MORMAN BASIN RD OFF WILLOW CREEK RD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.59182, 44.39376

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Basin Resources, Inc.
    ID 3503027
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John D. Flack
    ID 3503027
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MAP GMS-7, 1976.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 23-0102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-97 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/19/1982
MSHA mine ID3503027
Mine name (MSHA)Basin Resources
Current operatorBasin Resources Inc
Current controller (parent)Radcliffe Richard
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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