Greenhorn Placers

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001713
MRDS ID W016701
Record type District
Current site name Greenhorn Placers
Alternate or previous names Winterville, Parkerville, Mc Namee Gulch, Geiser Creek, Mayo Placer, Schaub Placer, Camp Creek, 3 Cent Gulch, Maud Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.45495, 44.68125 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position IN WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST. PLACERS WERE WORKED ALONG BURNT RIVER FROM ABOUT GREENHORN CREEK TO NEAR WHITMAN. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF MC NAMEE GULCH, ACC URATE WITHIN PLACERED AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Grant
United States Oregon Baker

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Silver 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) -118.45495, 44.68125

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--EAST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-A, P. 52-53.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 61, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 22ND ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 702-704.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., AND HEWETT, D.F., 1914, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, V. 1, NO. 6, P. 4-128.

Beyond USGS

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