Granite Placers

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000944
MRDS ID M045458
Record type District
Current site name Granite Placers
Alternate or previous names Bull Run Mining Co., Porter and Co., Hudson Dredge and Co., Oro Plata, Western Gold Corp.
Related records 10274134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.45025, 44.82155 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position IN WHITMAN AND UMATILLA NATIONAL FORESTS. LOCATED ON GRANITE, CLEAR, OLIVE, CRANE, BOUNDARY, BULL RUN CREEKS. LOCATION GIVEN IS GRANITE CREEK AT MOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK, ACC ACCURATE WITHIN DISTRICT, ACC ACCURATE WITHIN DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla 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 Grant

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.45025, 44.82155

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Significant Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMB, A.D., 1920, THE PLATINUM METALS: LONDON, IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, MONOGRAPHS MINERAL RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITISH EMPIRE, P. 49

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 54, 57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-75 BLAIR, WILL N. U.S. Geological Survey SEE ALSO: MRDS M045456.
Updater 01-APR-80 Bradley, R., Walker, G.W. and Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 PETERSON, JOCELYN A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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