Spanish Gulch Placers

Past Producer in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, PGE, Silver
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 10299005
MRDS ID M045465
MAS/MILS ID 0410690047
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Gulch Placers
Alternate or previous names Mattock, Waterman Mine, Fisher, Garrison, Kelsey, Spanish Peak Mining Co.
Related records 10109543

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.76719, 44.47374 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wheeler(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013 S 025 E 06 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.76719, 44.47374

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spanish Gulch

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., 1914, V. 1, NO. 3, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 161.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-MAY-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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